Re: strip question

2007-01-30 Thread Daniel Klein
On 26 Jan 2007 21:33:47 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >hi >can someone explain strip() for these : >[code] x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') >'example' >[/code] > >when i did this: >[code] x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') >'abcd,words.words' >[/code] > >it does not st

Re: strip question

2007-01-29 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > hi > can someone explain strip() for these : > [code] > x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') > > 'example' > [/code] > > when i did this: > [code] > x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') > > 'abcd,words.words' > [/code] > > it does not strip off "

Re: strip question

2007-01-26 Thread John Machin
On Jan 27, 4:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi > can someone explain strip() for these : > [code]>>> x='www.example.com' > >>> x.strip('cmowz.')'example' > [/code] According to the documentation (with emphasis added): """Return a copy of the string with the *leading* and *trailing* character

Re: strip question

2007-01-26 Thread James Stroud
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:33:47 -0800, eight02645999 wrote: > > >>hi >>can someone explain strip() for these : >>[code] >> >x='www.example.com' >x.strip('cmowz.') >> >>'example' >>[/code] >> >>when i did this: >>[code] >> >x = 'abcd,words.words' >x.strip(',.'

Re: strip question

2007-01-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:33:47 -0800, eight02645999 wrote: > hi > can someone explain strip() for these : > [code] x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') > 'example' > [/code] > > when i did this: > [code] x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') > 'abcd,words.words' > [/code] > > i

Re: strip question

2007-01-26 Thread James Stroud
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi > can someone explain strip() for these : > [code] > x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') > > 'example' > [/code] > > when i did this: > [code] > x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') > > 'abcd,words.words' > [/code] > > it does not strip off ","

strip question

2007-01-26 Thread eight02645999
hi can someone explain strip() for these : [code] >>> x='www.example.com' >>> x.strip('cmowz.') 'example' [/code] when i did this: [code] >>> x = 'abcd,words.words' >>> x.strip(',.') 'abcd,words.words' [/code] it does not strip off "," and "." .Why is this so? thanks -- http://mail.python.org/m