don wrote: > I have a string from a clearcase cleartool ls command. > > /main/parallel_branch_1/release_branch_1.0/dbg_for_python/CHECKEDOUT > from /main/parallel_branch_1/release_branch_1.0/4 > > I want to write a regex that gives me the branch the file was > checkedout on ,in this case - 'dbg_for_python' > > Also if there is a better way than using regex, please let me know. > > Thanks in advance, > Don
Not regex, but does this do what you want? >>> s = "/main/parallel_branch_1/release_branch_1.0/dbg_for_python/CHECKEDOUT" >>> s = s + " from /main/parallel_branch_1/release_branch_1.0/4" >>> s.split('/')[4] 'dbg_for_python' -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list