always use os.path() to work with paths... why? because os.path works on all os.
so: p = r`c:\this\is\my\path\to\myFile.txt os.path.dirname(p) wil return: `c:\this\is\my\path\to` and the same code will work on mac or linux p = r`/this/is/my/path/to/myFile.txt` os.path.dirname(p) will return `/this/is/my/path/to` same this goes for os.path.join(), os.path.splitext(), etc, etc Never use string splitting to change path, os.path is there for that ... and you create a more robust code at the same time. My 2 cents On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Justin Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. > > import os > > testPath = '/here/is/my/path/here/is/my/path/here/is/my/path' > os.path.dirname(testPath) > > 2. > > from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree > > xmlFile = '/path/to/xml/test.xml' > > tree = ElementTree() > tree.parse(xmlFile) > version = tree.getroot().get('myVersion') > > where /path/to/xml/test.xml > <xmlTest test1="myPic" test2="1234" myVersion="6" /> > > Obviously, your xml file is probably a bit more complex, so your use of > ElementTree maybe different > http://docs.python.org/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html > > > On Mar 4, 2010, at 8:55 PM, Adam Mechtley wrote: > > I'm sure there are plenty of other ways, but I would do: > > 1. > testPath[0:testPath.rindex('/')] or testPath[0:testPath.rindex('/')+1] if > you really want that trailing slash for some reason > > 2. > import re > xml = '<xmlTest test1="myPic" test2="1234" myVersion="6">' > tag = 'myVersion' > value = re.split('\W+', xml[xml.index(tag)+len(tag):len(xml)])[1] > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:27 PM, efecto <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 1. >> testPath = '/here/is/my/path/here/is/my/path/here/is/my/path' >> I want to get this path from the variable above. >> /here/is/my/path/here/is/my/path/here/is/my/ >> I could use testPath.split('/') then manually create the path but i >> think they may be an easier way to generate the string. >> >> 2. >> I'm reading in an xml file and would like to get the version '6' from >> the string below. >> How would you do that efficiently? Again I may use split function but >> i'm sure there are more convenient ways >> <xmlTest test1="myPic" test2="1234" myVersion="6"> >> >> Thanks for reading. >> >> -- >> http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
