On 15/02/2013 23:04, Steve Goodwin wrote:
Hi,

I am looking for the python2.7 function(s) to parse a string from a colon
character ":"

Sounds simple enough.

For example, a string like "123456:789".  I just need the "123456"
substring.(left of the :)

I have looked at regular expressions and string functions, so far no luck.
Custom function required?

Thank you.

- Spoog98



More likely a visit to the opticians :) See http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods for the find and index methods.

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Mark Lawrence

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