Ric Da Force said unto the world upon 12/07/2005 02:43:
> Hi,
>
> I have a string such as 'C1, C2, C3'. Without assuming that each bit of
> text is of fixed size, what is the easiest way to change this list so that
> it reads:
> 'C1, C2 and C3' regardless of the length of the string.
>
> Regards and sorry for the newbie question,
>
> Ric
>
Hi Ric,
the rsplit method of strings should get you going:
>>> data = "the first bit, then the second, finally the third"
>>> chunks = data.rsplit(',', 1)
>>> chunks
['the first bit, then the second', ' finally the third']
>>>
Best,
Brian vdB
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