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Dimitri
On 6/24/05, Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
dimitri> I came up with the following solution:
dimitri> a = 'harry is a strange guy. so is his sister, but at least she is not a
dimitri> guy. i am.'
dimitri> b = a.replace('. ', '.')
dimitri> splitlist = b.split('.')
dimitri> newlist = []
dimitri> for i in range(len(splitlist)):
dimitri> i = ''.join(splitlist[i].capitalize() + '.'
dimitri> newlist.append (i)
dimitri> cap = ' '.join(newlist).replace(' .', '')
dimitri> print cap
No need for the replace(). Just split on ". ". No need for a for loop
either, or the temp variable cap. Use a list comprehension. The result is:
print ". ".join([s.capitalize() for s in a.split(". ")])
Skip
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