On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 03:47:07 +0800, "Ric Da Force" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi guys, > >Thank you all for your input! It was good to see so much convergence in the >approach! Again, I think that it speaks loudly for the concise way of doing >thins in Python... Anyway, I have typed in all of the solutions and have >gained a great understanding of how to do this in future. > >Thanks again! > >Ric >"Brian van den Broek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Ric Da Force said unto the world upon 12/07/2005 02:43: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a string such as 'C1, C2, C3'. Without assuming that each bit of >>> text is of fixed size, what is the easiest way to change this list so >>> that it reads: >>> 'C1, C2 and C3' regardless of the length of the string. >>> >>> Regards and sorry for the newbie question, >>> >>> Ric >> >> Hi Ric, >> >> the rsplit method of strings should get you going: >> >> >>> data = "the first bit, then the second, finally the third" >> >>> chunks = data.rsplit(',', 1) >> >>> chunks >> ['the first bit, then the second', ' finally the third'] >> >>> >> >> Best, >> >> Brian vdB >> Or, to finish Brian's solution by inserting the ", and" in place of the "," : >>> data = "the first bit, then the second, finally the third" >>> ', and'.join(data.rsplit(',',1)) 'the first bit, then the second, and finally the third' >>> ', and'.join('C1, C2, C3'.rsplit(',',1)) 'C1, C2, and C3' Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
