rshepard-at-appl-ecosys.com wrote: > On 2007-02-10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> if item == selName: > > Slicing doesn't seem to do anything -- if I've done it correctly. I > changed the above to read, > > if item[2:-2] == selName: > > but the output's the same. > > Rich
Use the interpreter to test things: a="(u'ground water',)" a[2:-2] "'ground water'" a[3:-3] 'ground water' That is what you are looking for. -Larry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
