"Jim Carlock" <jcarl...@munged.microcosmotalk.com> wrote:
> Anyone here able to provide a link to the Python functions for
> comparing strings and updating strings? I'm looking to do some
> character by character analysis until I find the '@' character
> and then change the rest of the string after that.
>
You cannot update a string: you must just build a new string with whatever
content you require.
Something like (assuming your input is in the variable 'input':
def process(input):
prefix, suffix = input.split('@')
do_analysis(prefix)
return prefix + '@' + create_new_suffix(suffix)
Have you been through the tutorial?
http://www.python.org/doc/current/tutorial/index.html
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