> -Original Message-
> From: Tim Chase [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:34 AM
> To: Reedick, Andrew
> Cc: Robert Rawlins - Think Blue; python-list@python.org
> Subject: Re: Last 4 Letters of String
>
> > How would you get the last
> How would you get the last 4 items of a list?
Did you try the same "get the last 4 items" solution that worked
for a string?
lst[-4:]
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>>> "string whose last four letters are abcd"[-4:]
'abcd'
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Behalf Of Robert Rawlins - Think Blue
Sent: 21 February 2008 11:36
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: Last 4 Letters of String
Hello Guys,
I
Try this
>>> s = "abcdefgh"
>>> s[-4:]
'efgh
2008/2/21, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Hello Guys,
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> I'm looking for a function which will give me the last 4 characters of a
> given string. I'm sure it's a very simple task but I couldn't find anything
> of it.
>
Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> Hello Guys,
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> I'm looking for a function which will give me the last 4 characters of a
> given string. I'm sure it's a very simple task but I couldn't find anything
> of it.
Use the same technique as you'd use slicing a list.
http://www.diveintopytho
How would you get the last 4 items of a list?
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Robert Rawlins - Think Blue
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:36 AM
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Subject: Last 4 Letters of String
Hello Guys,
I'm looking for a function whic
