New submission from Akilesh K <akilesh1...@gmail.com>:
When the argument to lstrip / strip has a number and it matches the string it begins to act different. >>> text = "apiv1appliance" >>> text.strip("apiv1") 'liance' >>> text.strip("apiv2") '1appliance' >>> text.strip("a") 'piv1appliance' >>> text.strip("ap") 'iv1appliance' >>> text.strip("api") 'v1appliance' >>> text.strip("apiv") '1appliance' >>> text.strip("apiv1") 'liance' >>> text.strip("apiv2") '1appliance' ---------- messages: 344070 nosy: Akilesh K priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: lstrip remove extra characters in the presence of a matching number type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37114> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com