the square brackets round the output of split got me. Have plit into a
new list and all works as expeted. Cheers, MW.
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>>> import wmi
>>> c = wmi.WMI()
>>> for printdriver in c.Win32_PrinterDriver():
... pd = printdriver.Name
>>> print pd
AGFA-AccuSet v52.3,3,Windows NT x86
>>> pd[1] # type(pd) == str
u'G'
>>> pd.split(',')
# split returns a new list, and you do not save it
[u'AGFA-AccuSet v52.3', u'3', u'Wi
hi all,could someone clear this up for me. I'm sure it's probably very
simple but I can't seem to get my head round it.
doing the following
>>> import wmi
>>> c = wmi.WMI()
>>> for printdriver in c.Win32_PrinterDriver():
... pd = printdriver.Name
>>> print pd
AGFA-AccuSet v52.3,3,Windows