Thanks Actually the number I am getting it is from slicing from a long text line. I need to slice 10 characters from that line but no string only numeric numbers. When I am slicing 10 characters those A, c, O is coming at the end.
Thanks -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Lee Bieber Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:45 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: removing text string On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:22:16 -0400, "Ahmed, Shakir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > I need to remove text string from the list of the numbers mentioned > below: > > 080829-7_A > 070529-5_c > 080824-7_O > 070405_6_p > ? Is that last one an error that is supposed to be ...5-6_, not ...5_6_ ? 1) If the required data is fixed width, just slice it out = inp[:8] 2) If the data is variable width but has a fixed delimiter, find the delimiter position and then slice (this is the reason for my question above -- this method) OR just split on the delimiter and take the part you need. out = inp.split("_")[0] 3) If the data is more complex (again if that last line with two _ is supposed to be trimmed after the second, and the first turned into a -) you will need to fully define the parsing rules of the data. -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ (Bestiaria Support Staff: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
