In article <4cc09129-43ee-4205-a24c-03f92b594...@googlegroups.com>,
forman.si...@gmail.com wrote:
> I ran across this and I thought there must be a better way of doing it, but
> then after further consideration I wasn't so sure.
>
> if key[:1] + key[-1:] == '<>': ...
>
>
> Some possibilities that occurred to me:
>
> if key.startswith('<') and key.endswith('>'): ...
>
> and:
>
> if (key[:1], key[-1:]) == ('<', '>'): ...
if re.match(r'^<.*>$', key):
sheesh.
(if you care how fast it is, pre-compile the pattern)
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