On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:52:42 -0800, John Machin wrote: > > Duncan Booth wrote: >> "John Machin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > To compare two strings, take copies, and: >> >> Taking a copy of a string seems kind of superfluous in Python. > > You are right, I really meant don't do: > original = original.strip().replace(....).replace(....) > (a strange way of doing things which I see occasionally in other folks' > code)
Well, sure it is strange if you call the variable "original". But if you don't care about the original, what's so strange about writing this? astring = astring.strip().replace(....).replace(....) Why keep the original value of astring around if you no longer need it? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
