> I don't know who's going crazy here... but I checked that straight from the > python 2.4 interpreter... > > Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> a = "go on long buddy" > >>> a.lstrip("gonl") > ' on long buddy' > >>> a = "go long on log buddy!" > >>> a.lstrip('gonl') > ' long on log buddy!' > >>> > > In both cases, lstrip just removed the first word... I don't see how this > code is broken.
It removed all the g,o,n & l's up till it found a character that wasn't in your list - a space. Thats what you told it to do. If you want the space stripped add one to your list... Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor