On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:06:13 -0800, Ben Racine wrote: > All, > > Say I have a string "l" ... > > l = 'PBUSH 201005 K 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. > 1.' > > And I want to replace the first " 1." with a "500.2" and the second " > 1." with " 5.2" ... > > What pythonic means would you all recommend?
l = l.replace(" 1.", "500.2", 1) l = l.replace(" 1.", "5.2", 1) -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list