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Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help?

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Date 2013-01-06 02:09 +1100
Subject Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help?
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> That's why I chose to split this where I did.  It was where the scan
> direction changed.

Ah, good point. In any case, this is a fairly simple and clear way of
doing things; it may or may not run faster than the explicit state
machine, but IMHO it's a lot clearer to read a split() than something
that changes state when a particular character is found.

ChrisA

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Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Sia <hossein.asgharian@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 00:35 -0800
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Frank Millman <frank@chagford.com> - 2013-01-05 11:15 +0200
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 20:27 +1100
    Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 09:30 -0500
      Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 01:47 +1100
        Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 10:03 -0500
          Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 02:09 +1100
            Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 10:38 -0500
              Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 02:57 +1100
              Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 13:04 -0700
              Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 07:32 +1100
                Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 15:47 -0500
                Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-06 12:28 -0500
                Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-06 23:19 +0000
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 09:12 -0500
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-01-05 11:24 -0600
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-01-05 12:49 -0600
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-06 01:32 -0500
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-06 14:53 -0500
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 18:48 -0800
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 19:40 -0800
    Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 21:28 -0800
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