Lad kirjoitti: > > Thank you for ALL for help. > Hendrik, > your solution works great but > what is `_` in > _.replace(',',', ') > > for? When you are trying things out in the Python shell IDLE, _ is a shorthand way to use the last value printed by IDLE.
Thus when s.replace(', ',',') prints out 'hello,goodbye,boo' _ refers to that value so the replace operation _.replace(',',', ') manipulates that value. Cheers Jussi > Thank you > La. > >> re's are a pain. Do this instead: >> >>>>> s = "hello, goodbye,boo" >>>>> s.replace(', ',',') >> 'hello,goodbye,boo' >>>>> _.replace(',',', ') >> 'hello, goodbye, boo' >> Hope this helps - Hendrik > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list