[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for the best and efficient way to replace the first word > in a str, like this: > "aa to become" -> "/aa/ to become" > I know I can use spilt and than join them > but I can also use regular expressions > and I sure there is a lot ways, but I need realy efficient one
I doubt you'll find faster than Sed. man sed -- William Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Toronto, Canada ThinFlash: Linux thin-client on USB key (flash) drive http://home.eol.ca/~parkw/thinflash.html BashDiff: Super Bash shell http://freshmeat.net/projects/bashdiff/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list