Kirk Bailey wrote: > I extracted cell 0,0 and it is > >>> x > u'Bob Dobbs' > >>> > > So I did this: > >>> str(x) > 'Bob Dobbs' > >>> > >>> b[1:-1] > 'ob Dobb' > >>> > oops... well,then i did this > >>> print b > Bob Dobbs > >>> > which is as I need it. any use to the rest of the list?
You have discovered that the read-eval-print loop of the interpreter prints repr(obj). repr() is kind of a programmer's view of something; it often gives a representation of an object that you could use as input to the interpreter. Specifically, for strings, repr(someString) includes the quotes that you see printed in the interpreter. You will also sometimes see backslash escapes like '\xe9' in the repr() of a string. On the other hand, when you explicitly print a string, the characters of the string are output directly to the terminal (stdout). Any special characters are interpreted by the terminal rather that being escaped, and the quotes are not added. This is useful behaviour but it can be very confusing to newcomers. Kent PS Please use Reply All to reply to the list. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
