On Sep 18, 7:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sep 18, 1:31 pm, "Shawn Milochik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 9/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If I have a file name: AVC1030708.14. How do I strip out certain > > > characters from the file name? I am so used to using MID, LEFT, and > > > RIGHT functions, that I have no idea how to do this in python? I have > > > had trouble as well with most newbies on finding the help. But I have > > > used the command line built in help, but with no luck. Thanks. > > > > Kou > > > Do you want to strip out specific characters, characters in specific > > positions, or characters matching certain patterns? > > Yes, I want specific characters in specific positions.
The tutorial is a good place to start. Read this section: http://docs.python.org/tut/node5.html#SECTION005120000000000000000 HTH -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
