Hello, on windows python 2.4.1 I have the following problem
>>> s = 'D:\\music\\D\\Daniel Lanois\\For the beauty of Wynona' >>> print s D:\music\D\Daniel Lanois\For the beauty of Wynona >>> t = 'D:\\music\\D\\' >>> print t D:\music\D\ >>> s.lstrip(t) 'aniel Lanois\\For the beauty of Wynona' >>> why does lstrip strip the D of Daniel Lanois also? thanks in advance joram -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list