Thanks Kent, That solves it pretty well.
Carlos Kent Johnson wrote: > Yes, count() is looking for exact matches. You can make a new list > with just the circulation names and take the length of that; something > like this: > len([name for name in built_Objects if name.startswith('Circulation')]) > > or perhaps slightly more efficient (Python 2.5): > sum(1 for name in built_Objects if name.startswith('Circulation')) > > Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor