On 15/06/2013 22:03, Joshua Landau wrote:
On 15 June 2013 11:18, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
I tend to reach for string methods rather than an RE so will something like
this suit you?

c:\Users\Mark\MyPython>type a.py
for s in ("In the ocean",
           "On the ocean",
           "By the ocean",
           "In this group",
           "In this group",
           "By the new group"):
     print(' '.join(s.split()[1:-1]))


c:\Users\Mark\MyPython>a
the
the
the
this
this
the new

Careful - " ".join(s.split()) != s

Eg:
" ".join("s\ns".split())
's s'

It's pedantry, but true.


I'm sorry but I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about. I believe the code I posted works for the OP's needs. If it doesn't please say so.

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Mark Lawrence

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