alex23 wrote:
> On Feb 20, 5:38 am, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote:
>> Yes you can get portions of the line by slicing:
>>
>> for line in open("infile"):
>> if line[8:18] != line[18:28]:
>> print line,
>
> You can also name the slices, which makes the code more clear (IMO):
>
> endda = slice(8,18)
> begda = slice(18,28)
> for line in open("infile"):
> if line[endda] != line[begda]:
> print line,
>
>> Or you can use the struct module:
>
> But this is the approach I'd take.
This is one of the lesser-appreciated aspects of Python. I anticipate a
flood of "Named Slices" blog posts round about now. Wonder if I'll be
the first?
regards
Steve
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