* Hans Mulder <han...@xs4all.nl> [110620 12:15]: > On 20/06/11 20:14:46, Tim Johnson wrote: > >Currently using python 2.6, but am serving some systems that have > >older versions of python (no earlier than. > >Question 1: > > With what version of python was str.format() first implemented? Duh! > It might be a matter of taste; it might depend on how familiar > you are with 're'; it might depend on what you mean by 'optimal'. As in speed. ## and then there is this - which I haven't tested a lot: def grabBetween(src,begin,end): """Grabs sections of text between `begin' and `end' and returns a list of 0 or more sections of text.""" parts = src.split(begin) res = [] for part in parts: L = part.split(end) if len(L) > 1: res.append(L[0]) return res
I think later today, I will run some time tests using the `re' module as well as your function and the one above. BTW: To be more clear (hopefully) I was checking to see if there was a compiled method/function to do this. thanks -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list