On 2010-09-30, Bruce Whealton <br...@futurewavedesigns.com> wrote: > Next, from the documentation I see and this is just an example (this > kind of notation is seen elsewhere in the documentation:
> str.count(sub[, start[, end]]) > This particular example is from the string methods. > Is this a nesting of two lists inside a a third list? No, it's not -- it's a different use of [] to indicate that things are optional, a convention which dates back to long before Python existed. >I know that it > would suggest that some of the arguments are optional, so perhaps if > there are 2 items the first is the sub, and the second is start? Or did > I read that backwards? That is exactly correct. The key is the implication that you can omit end, or both start and end. (But you can't omit start and provide end.) -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list