Thanks everyone. I learned several things on this one. I ended up
using the .replace() method and got the results I wanted.
Thanks again,
Michael Barron
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barronmo wrote:
> I'm having difficulty getting the following code to work. All I want
> to do is remove the '0:00:00' from the end of each line. Here is part
> of the original file:
>
> 3,3,"Dyspepsia NOS",9/12/2003 0:00:00
>...
> 20,3,"Bubonic plague",11/11/2003 0:00:00
>
> output = open('my
> This result is a copy of "ProblemList" without any changes made. What
> am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help.
rstrip doesn't work the way you think it does
>>> help(str.rstrip)
Help on method_descriptor:
rstrip(...)
S.rstrip([chars]) -> string or unicode
Return a copy of the strin
On Dec 11, 7:25 pm, barronmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having difficulty getting the following code to work. All I want
> to do is remove the '0:00:00' from the end of each line. Here is part
> of the original file:
>
> 3,3,"Dyspepsia NOS",9/12/2003 0:00:00
> 4,3,"OA of lower leg",9/12/200
barronmo wrote:
> I'm having difficulty getting the following code to work. All I want
> to do is remove the '0:00:00' from the end of each line. Here is part
> of the original file:
>
> 3,3,"Dyspepsia NOS",9/12/2003 0:00:00
> 4,3,"OA of lower leg",9/12/2003 0:00:00
> 5,4,"Cholera NOS",9/12/200
