On Jan 1, 2008 6:54 PM, Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> There's no standard Python tool for reading and writing fixed-length field
> "flatfile" data files, but it's pretty simple to use named slices to get at
> the data.
>
> identifier = slice(0, 8)
> timestamp = slice(8, 18)
> t = slice(18, 21)
> c = slice(21, 24)
> resource_name = slice(24, 35)
> description = slice(35)


Oops! I made an errant stab at the slice constructor. That last should be
'slice(35, None)'.

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