> On 7 Jun 2022, at 22:04, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote: > > It depends on the language I’m using, in Objective C, I’d use isNumeric, > just wanted to know what the equivalent is in Python. > > If you know the answer why don’t you just tell me and if you don’t, don’t > post!
People ask home work questions here and we try to teach a student with hints not finished answers. Your post was confused with a home work question. Barry > > >> On 7 Jun 2022, at 22:08, 2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com wrote: >> >>> On 2022-06-07 at 21:35:43 +0200, >>> Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote: >>> >>> I’m new to Python and have a simple problem that I can’t seem to find >>> the answer. >> >>> I want to test the first two characters of a string to check if the >>> are numeric (00 to 99) and if so remove the fist three chars from the >>> string. >> >>> Example: if “05 Trinket” I want “Trinket”, but “Trinket” I still want >>> “Trinket”. I can’t for the life of work out how to do it in Python? >> >> How would you do it without Python? >> >> Given that if the string is called x, then x[y] is the y'th character >> (where what you would call "the first character," Python calls "the >> zeroth character"), describe the steps you would take *as a person* (or >> in some other programming language, if you know one) to carry out this >> task. >> >> Translating that algorithm to Python is the next step. Perhaps >> https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html can help. >> -- >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
