On Mar 2, 11:45 am, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect what you need is the .replace() method.
The information's there-- the word 'contiguous' might clear it up a bit. > > Return a copy of the string with the > > leading and trailing characters removed. > > The chars argument is a string > > specifying the set of characters to be > > removed. If omitted or None, the chars > > argument defaults to removing > > whitespace. The chars argument is not a > > prefix or suffix; rather, all > > combinations of its values are stripped: Return the string's substring from the first character not a member of 'chars' to the last such. Remove contiguous leading and trailing members of 'chars'. If omitted or None, 'chars' defaults over to the set of whitespace set( "\n\r\t " ). (XXX TODO: ask Steve Reg Ex Guru this). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
