On Jul 18, 3:46 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eddie Corns) wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Hi, > >Hi, > >I am taking a string as an input from the user and it should only > >contain the chars:L , M or R > >I tried the folllowing in kodos but they are still not perfect: > >[^A-K,^N-Q,^S-Z,^0-9] > >[L][M][R] > >[LRM]?L?[LRM]? etc but they do not exactly meet what I need. > >For eg: LRLRLRLRLM is ok but LRLRLRNL is not as it has 'N' .like that. > >regards, > >SZ > >The string may or may not have all the three chars. > >>> var = 'LRLRLRNL' > >>> residue = var.replace('L','').replace('R','').replace('M','') > >>> if residue != '': > > ... print 'Invalid characters in input',residue > ... > Invalid characters in input N
That was quick.Thanks.Never thought it that angle :( -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list