Re: strip question

2007-01-30 Thread Daniel Klein
On 26 Jan 2007 21:33:47 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi can someone explain strip() for these : [code] x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') 'example' [/code] when i did this: [code] x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') 'abcd,words.words' [/code] it does not strip off , and . .Why is

Re: strip question

2007-01-29 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : hi can someone explain strip() for these : [code] x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') 'example' [/code] when i did this: [code] x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') 'abcd,words.words' [/code] it does not strip off , and . .Why is this so?

strip question

2007-01-26 Thread eight02645999
hi can someone explain strip() for these : [code] x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') 'example' [/code] when i did this: [code] x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') 'abcd,words.words' [/code] it does not strip off , and . .Why is this so? thanks --

Re: strip question

2007-01-26 Thread James Stroud
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi can someone explain strip() for these : [code] x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') 'example' [/code] when i did this: [code] x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') 'abcd,words.words' [/code] it does not strip off , and . .Why is this so? thanks

Re: strip question

2007-01-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:33:47 -0800, eight02645999 wrote: hi can someone explain strip() for these : [code] x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') 'example' [/code] when i did this: [code] x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') 'abcd,words.words' [/code] it does not strip off , and

Re: strip question

2007-01-26 Thread James Stroud
Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:33:47 -0800, eight02645999 wrote: hi can someone explain strip() for these : [code] x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.') 'example' [/code] when i did this: [code] x = 'abcd,words.words' x.strip(',.') 'abcd,words.words' [/code] it does not

Re: strip question

2007-01-26 Thread John Machin
On Jan 27, 4:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi can someone explain strip() for these : [code] x='www.example.com' x.strip('cmowz.')'example' [/code] According to the documentation (with emphasis added): Return a copy of the string with the *leading* and *trailing* characters removed.