On 9/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 18, 1:31 pm, "Shawn Milochik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > If I have a file name: AVC1030708.14. How do I strip out certain > > > characters from the file name? I am so used to using MID, LEFT, and > > > RIGHT functions, that I have no idea how to do this in python? I have > > > had trouble as well with most newbies on finding the help. But I have > > > used the command line built in help, but with no luck. Thanks. > > > > > Kou > > > > Do you want to strip out specific characters, characters in specific > > positions, or characters matching certain patterns? > > Yes, I want specific characters in specific positions. >
Try this: newString = oldString[0:3] + oldString[5:10] Some other quick examples: >>> test = "this is a test" >>> test 'this is a test' >>> fred = test[:3] + test[9:] >>> fred 'thi test' >>> test[0:5] 'this ' >>> test[:5] 'this ' >>> test[4:] ' is a test' -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
