Mike Meyer wrote: > "py" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Say I have... >> x = "132.00" >> but I'd like to display it to be "132" ...dropping the trailing >> zeros...I currently try this > > The two-strip solution is cleaner, but: > >> if x.endswith("0"): >> x = x[:len(x)-1] > x = x[:-1] > or > del x[-1] > > both improve that one statement.
>>> del "it's tempting not to try"[-1] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? TypeError: object doesn't support item deletion Just-pointing-out-what-does-not-work-ly yours Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list