On Apr 8, 12:29�pm, Lorenzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> �"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Apr 8, 11:34?am, Lorenzo Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > > I have tuple which hold a string in tup[0]. I want to get a slice of
> > > that string. I thought I would do something like:
> > > tup[0][start:end]
> > > But this fails.
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> > No, it doesn't.
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> > >>> a = ('abcdefg','hijkl')
> > >>> a[0]
> > 'abcdefg'
> > >>> a[0][1:2]
> > 'b'
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> > > How do I go about it?
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> > Do it correctly. Post your actual example that fails
> > and the related error message. Possibnly your indexes
> > were out of range.
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> > > I googled this and found a couple
> > > of references, but no solution.
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> > Well, there wouldn't be �a solution to a non-existent
> > problem, would there?
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> > > TIA
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> Here's the code:
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> �elapsedTime = mydata[1]
> �index = elapsedTime.find("real")
> �# the index will have a value 0f 110
> �totaltime = elapsedTime[index:]
> �# instead of this returning a shortened html string, i only
> �# get the left angle bracket '<'This implies that '<' is the 111th character (counting from 0) and that it is the last character since you used [index:]. Print out the entire string elapsedTime, count from 0 to the characters you want and see if you have the correct index numbers (verify them). > > -- > "My Break-Dancing days are over, but there's always the Funky Chicken" > --The Full Monty
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