The raw_input built-in returns a string. The '[0]' subscript returns
the first character in the user supplied response as strings support
indexing.
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>>> mystr = "asdf"
>>> mystr[0]
'a'
>>>
>>> raw_input("Another one, please: ")[0]
Another one, please: ASDF
'A'
>>>
-Jeff
On 7/13/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what does the statement "choice = raw_input(prompt)[0]" mean? I don't
> know why there is a '[0]' in the statement.
>
> Thank you very much
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