[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi > can someone explain strip() for these : > [code] > >>>>x='www.example.com' >>>>x.strip('cmowz.') > > 'example' > [/code] > > when i did this: > [code] > >>>>x = 'abcd,words.words' >>>>x.strip(',.') > > 'abcd,words.words' > [/code] > > it does not strip off "," and "." .Why is this so? > thanks >
strip strips from the ends. py> x = '...,.,abcd,words.words,,,,.,.,.,.,' py> x.strip(',.') 'abcd,words.words' James -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list