Re: substring matching

M.N.A.Smadi wrote: > hi; > > say i have the following variable > > data="""XYZ dflsjdfkl sdfsdhfl > jdsflkdsjf > sldjfsldjf > """ > > i need to make sure that the first part is actually XYZ, is there an > easy way of doing that? data.startswith("XYZ") -- "Codito ergo sum" Roel Schroeven

Re: substring matching

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 16:43:29 -0500, M.N.A.Smadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi; > > say i have the following variable > > data="""XYZ dflsjdfkl sdfsdhfl > jdsflkdsjf > sldjfsldjf > """ > > i need to make sure that the first part is actually XYZ, is there an > easy way of doing that? > d

substring matching

hi; say i have the following variable data="""XYZ dflsjdfkl sdfsdhfl jdsflkdsjf sldjfsldjf """ i need to make sure that the first part is actually XYZ, is there an easy way of doing that? thanks m.smadi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list