At 09:04 AM 9/25/2006, Carroll, Barry wrote:
>Hello, Dick.
>
>Let's compare your final startswith method and the endswith method in
>is_image_file:
>
> >>>
>s.startswith("er","q","ty")
>filename.endswith(('.gif', '.jpg', '.tiff'))
> >>>
>
>Notice that, while startswith has THREE parameters
> -Original Message-
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:59:45 -0700
> From: Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Tutor] Question about startswith() and endswith() in 2.5
> To: tutor@python.org
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Thanks, Kent and Andrei! I sure did miss those doubled parentheses.
>>> s = "qwerty"
>>>
>>> s.startswith(("er","z","ty","qw","98768976","uytruytr"))
True
>>> s.startswith(("er","z","ty","qe","98768976","uytruytr"))
False
>>> s.startswith(("er","z","rty","qe","98768976","uytruytr"), 2)
True
Dick Moores rcblue.com> writes:
> endswith( suffix[, start[, end]])
> Return True if the string ends with the specified suffix, otherwise
> return False. suffix can also be a tuple of suffixes to look for.
> >>> s.startswith("er","q","ty")
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>File "",
Dick Moores wrote:
> >>> s.startswith("er","q","ty")
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>File "", line 1, in
> s.startswith("er","q","ty")
> TypeError: slice indices must be integers or None or have an __index__ method
>
> On http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/other-lang.html I found
http://www.python.org/doc/lib/string-methods.html has
=
startswith( prefix[, start[, end]])
Return True if string starts with the prefix, otherwise return False.
prefix can also be a tuple of suffixes to look for. With optional
start, test string beginn
