On 6/30/2009 1:43 PM nn said...
On Jun 30, 1:56 pm, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
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>>> len("text12345.txt".split(".", 1)[0])
9
>>> len("textstringwithoutdot".split(".", 1)[0])
20
Also:
>>> len("text.12345.txt".partition('.')[0])
4
>>> len("text.12345.txt".rpartition('.')[0])
10
>>>
unless you've got file names like text.12345.txt, where you might prefer
rpartition.
>>> len("text.12345.txt".partition('.')[0])
4
>>> len("text.12345.txt".rpartition('.')[0])
10
>>>
Emile
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