Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * John Machin (24 Sep 2006 15:32:20 -0700) >>Antoine De Groote wrote: >>> is there a python equivalent for the ruby %w operator? >>> %w{a b c} creates an array with strings "a", "b", and "c" in ruby... >>> >> >>| >>> "a b c".split() >>| ['a', 'b', 'c'] >> >>... appears to match your single example. > > Something wrong with "list('abc')"? Or is it too simple?!
It is quite unreliable for strings consisting of more than one char... ;) Georg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list