Aggelos I. Orfanakos wrote: > Any idea which of the following is faster? > > 'a/b/c/'[:-1] > > or > > 'a/b/c/'.rstrip('/')
Don't ask for the speed, decide whether you want to transform "a/b/c" --> "a/b/c" "a/b/c//" --> "a/b/c" or "a/b/c" --> "a/b/" "a/b/c//" --> "a/b/c/" That is much more important. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list