Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> writes:
> OP: you may be looking for > >>>> a = "a bb ccc" >>>> a[::-1].find(" ") > 3 But you should be aware of the effeciency implications of doing this. a[::-1] constructs a new list. It's probably faster to do e.g.: len(a) - a.rfind(..) - 1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list