[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I'm pretty new to Python, to programming overall...so how would I make > something where the user inputs multiple words in a string - like > "connect 123.123.123.123 21 user password" or similar, and then I can > split this string up to pass these arguments to a function like > ftp_connect(ip, port, user, pw) etc...? I have no idea how to "break" > the string up so I can get these out of it.. > > > thanks for answers, > munin
Ok well this is pretty basic but it sounds wrong on some level. Maybe you should post some code, you will get better responses. You could try something like: Py>stuff = "connect 123.123.123.123 21 user password" Py>parts_list = stuff.split()# can handle other seperators Py>print parts_list ['connect', '123.123.123.123', '21', 'user', 'password'] Py>def StrFtp(userinfo): ... parts = userinfo.slpit() ... funktion, ip, port, usedr, pw = parts ... funktion = funktion.lower() ... if funktion == 'connect' ... return ftp_connect(ip, port, user, pw) ... elif funktion == 'other_function_name_here': ... return 'your other action here' ... else: ... return None Py>ftpconnect = StrFtp("connect 123.123.123.123 21 user password") Also add asserts and error checking all through the code for malformed input. hth, M.E.Farmer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list