Duh, whack myself on the head a few times. Thanks, Jacob
> Max Noel wrote: > > > > On Dec 19, 2004, at 06:16, Jacob S. wrote: > > > >> Would this work for you? > >> > >> a = ['Name = stuff','CGTATAGCTAGCTA','Name = stuff','CGATATGCCGGCTA'] > >> for index,thing in enumerate(a): > >> if "Name=" in thing: > >> del a[index] > >> > > > > A faster way to do this would be to use something like: > > > > if thing.beginswith("Name"): del a[index] > > Like, maybe, > if thing.startswith('Name')... > > ;) > > Kent > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor