> Agreed that
>
> line = line[:line.index('%')]
>
> is slightly more readable than
>
> line = line.split('%', 1)[0]
How about:
line = line.partition('%')[0]
partition() works even if '%' isn't present.
The index() and split() techniques raise exceptions if '%' isn't
present.
Malcolm
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