Re: Using wild character

2007-09-06 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:48:31 -0700, Zentrader wrote: > On Sep 6, 12:47 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:54:55 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman wrote: >> > To do a "*string" wildcard filter use the endswith() function instead >> > of startswith() and to do a

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-06 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:19:56 -0300, TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�: > The Perl community has an expression "There is more than one way to do > it". As in, Perl is good because you have multiple choices (whether > it's a function/module/class/operator) of how to implement a > part

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-06 Thread TheFlyingDutchman
On Sep 6, 5:53 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > En Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:48:31 -0300, Zentrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribi?: > > > On Sep 6, 12:47 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Maybe better the ``in`` operator for the '*string*' type. `str.find

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-06 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:48:31 -0300, Zentrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�: > On Sep 6, 12:47 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Maybe better the ``in`` operator for the '*string*' type. `str.find()` >> will go away in the future. > > string.find serves a useful purpos

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-06 Thread Zentrader
On Sep 6, 12:47 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:54:55 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman wrote: > > To do a "*string" wildcard filter use the endswith() function instead > > of startswith() and to do a *string* type wildcard filter use > > the find() function

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-06 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:54:55 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman wrote: > To do a "*string" wildcard filter use the endswith() function instead > of startswith() and to do a *string* type wildcard filter use > the find() function > -1. Maybe better the ``in`` operator for the '*string*' type. `str.find()`

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-06 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Sreeraj schrieb: > hi, > > I am a beginner in Python. I wish to know how can i filter a list of > strings using wild characters.ie > Lets say i have list countries = > ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"]. I need only the list > of string starting with 'a'. While the startswith-method

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-05 Thread TheFlyingDutchman
On Sep 5, 10:00 pm, Sreeraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > I am a beginner in Python. I wish to know how can i filter a list of > strings using wild characters.ie > Lets say i have list countries = > ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"]. I need only the list > of string starting w

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i will this may help you. countries = ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"] filter(lambda country: country.startswith('a'), countries) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i hope this may help you. countries = ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"] filtered = filter(lambda item: item.startswith('a'), l) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using wild character

2007-09-05 Thread Amit Khemka
On 9/6/07, Sreeraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > I am a beginner in Python. I wish to know how can i filter a list of > strings using wild characters.ie > Lets say i have list countries = > ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"]. I need only the list > of string starting with 'a'.

Using wild character

2007-09-05 Thread Sreeraj
hi, I am a beginner in Python. I wish to know how can i filter a list of strings using wild characters.ie Lets say i have list countries = ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"]. I need only the list of string starting with 'a'. thank you Sreeraj -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/li