As with lots of things in python, there are lots of ways of approaching this, here are some hints for you to think about (in no particular order):
- REGEX - replace() - string[:y] - split() And of course, you could consider creating a table with every possible string that could start with "ABC", and it's matching non-"ABC" string, then lookup the string in the table and get your match, it's a bit brute forcey, but it would work (eventually) <grin> Good luck in your homework! Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Python-list [mailto:python-list-bounces+d.strohl=f5....@python.org] > On Behalf Of durgadevi1 > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 5:13 AM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: How to print a part of a string? > > Hello all, > > I have another homework problem. > > I have a textfile. It contains lines of string. > > I am required to only print out a certain part of the string. > > For example the textfile contain: > > ABC XXXXX NNNNN > BCD QQQQQ EEEEE > ABC WWWWW AAAAA > > > I need to print all the parts that come after only ABC. > > That means I need to print only XXXXX from the first line and WWWWW from > the second line. > > I'm not sure of what code to use to achieve that. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
