"Demel, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] John Salerno wrote: P.S. How about a string.shuffle() method that splits the string in half into two new strings str1 and str2, and then recompiles the string by alternating one character from each str1 and str2 as it goes? Like shuffling cards. ;)
You mean: "".join(sum(map(list,zip(s,s[len(s)/2:])),[])) perhaps? >>> s = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" >>> "".join(sum(map(list,zip(s,s[len(s)/2:])),[])) 'ANBOCPDQERFSGTHUIVJWKXLYMZ' >>> -- Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
