Danny Yoo wrote: >> Hello: >> I'm seeing some strange behavior with lstrip operating >> on string representations of *nix-style file paths >> Example: >>>>> s = '/home/test/' >>>>> s1 = s.lstrip('/home') >>>>> s1 >> 'test/' ## '/test/' was expected! '/' was unexpectedly removed >> Any comments or corrective measures are welcome > > > > Hi Tim, > > Here's another example to help you see what's going on: > > ########################## >>>> s = '/home/test/' >>>> s1 = s.lstrip('/ehmo') >>>> s1 > 'test/' > ########################## > > Take a closer look at the documentation of lstrip, and you should see that > what it takes in isn't treated as a prefix: rather, it'll be treated as a > set of characters. >
But then the real bug is why does it not strip the trailing '/' in 'test/' or the 'e' that is in your set? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor