Heh, Cut 'im some slack there Bob, I only just figured out that line[:1] == line[0]...
On 10/28/05, bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:42 PM 10/27/2005, Adam wrote: > > >if line[:1] == "1": > > > >This line won't work because you're getting the first 2 characters from > >the line > > Oh? Did you test that? When I do that I get 1 character. Why? Because > slicing goes UP TO the 2nd argument. > >>> 'abc'[:1] > 'a' > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
