On Aug 27, 8:49 pm, "W. eWatson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. For > example, I'd like to find "v*.dat" in a string called bingo. v must be > matched against only the first character in bingo, and not simply found > somewhere in bingo, as might be the case for "*v*.dat". > -- > Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) > > (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) > Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet > > Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>
Check: http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html http://docs.python.org/lib/module-re.html http://docs.python.org/lib/module-glob.html http://docs.python.org/lib/module-fnmatch.html ~Sean -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
