> Else, you could as well write your own testing function: > > def str_starts_with(astring, *prefixes): > startswith = astring.startswith > for prefix in prefixes: > if startswith(prefix): > return true > return false >
What is the reason for startswith = astring.startswith startswith(prefix) instead of astring.startswith(prefix) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
