On Dec 2, 10:09 pm, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 2, 3:01 am, alex23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only time I'd expect it to do partial matches is if you were doing > > string.index(string), rather than list.index(string):
> It would if the OP was iterating over the list and checking that item > with .index so it uses the string.index instead of list.index Which is what I was implying when I wrote "The only time I'd expect it to do partial matches is if you were doing string.index(string), rather than list.index(string)", oddly enough :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list