Hi guys, Thank you all for your input! It was good to see so much convergence in the approach! Again, I think that it speaks loudly for the concise way of doing thins in Python... Anyway, I have typed in all of the solutions and have gained a great understanding of how to do this in future.
Thanks again! Ric "Brian van den Broek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ric Da Force said unto the world upon 12/07/2005 02:43: >> Hi, >> >> I have a string such as 'C1, C2, C3'. Without assuming that each bit of >> text is of fixed size, what is the easiest way to change this list so >> that it reads: >> 'C1, C2 and C3' regardless of the length of the string. >> >> Regards and sorry for the newbie question, >> >> Ric > > Hi Ric, > > the rsplit method of strings should get you going: > > >>> data = "the first bit, then the second, finally the third" > >>> chunks = data.rsplit(',', 1) > >>> chunks > ['the first bit, then the second', ' finally the third'] > >>> > > Best, > > Brian vdB > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
