[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello,Im using Python 2.4.2 and I'm starting a few very basic > programs,but theres two problems I've not found the answers for. > My first problem is I need code that will count the number of letters > in a string and return that number to a variable.
>>> s = "hello" >>> len(s) 5 > My second problem stems from the first as I need a function that can > slice the string into letters and have those put in seperate > strings.Ive tried using the normal [:1],[:2],etc but I need a function > that can do that a variable amount of times due to the varying number > of letters in the input. >>> s = "hello" >>> list(s) ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'] > > This would be of great help,as python is new to me. Welcome aboard! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
