Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.031 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:text': 0.05; 'subject:question': 0.08; 'other,': 0.09; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'lines': 0.28; 'chris': 0.28; 'case,': 0.29; 'character': 0.29; 'fri,': 0.30; 'error': 0.30; 'clarify': 0.33; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'quite': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; '2013': 0.84; 'divide': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=AijIjWcyPFHFJwbyNnNhWwQ8GM9R78CZuh+sikckzGc=; b=eRetq48cl0TSMnoJOjOAqC0dlBfgNQapivQw+Jr2FyyesZ8fzBi911efwGuic4xQBf 6J4KOdOQ3vCmzX0ENv6Pm0yuV5mDIGt1N8fzSV70DKu+7qeUPiNFMiQ6AkbCriIdfzSw 5kUxUEJJd0t9zcWsvxRJr3Eie8/Nh4nrzW2B6u5Nj3OHzKQPpxxcyJFvk/4HesH1BXMt bzxg+8lCZdGJYqU84+72JSTASN+LwOkT67VOf5K49VW0apGWnUpnFfHozzB0ZvxUIF3K x+jPjjToLXbTIvSooL1UCez6LDT4vK3HqRvMPAT/H3rB5dg3jy7ofvI4SzMbxrT1nCiT LmlQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.67.164 with SMTP id o4mr3159876vdt.42.1362120821907; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:53:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <0a6178f9-51ef-4edc-b87f-2631d667797f@googlegroups.com> References: <0a6178f9-51ef-4edc-b87f-2631d667797f@googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:53:41 +1100 Subject: Re: text formatting question From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1362120831 news.xs4all.nl 6945 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58020 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:40228 On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:49 PM, idy wrote: > Error = 'XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.23344566LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUNXYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN' > > I need to write this to mail body as with following format in multiple lines > > XYC.12345455-LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING > XYC.23344566-LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY > XYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN > XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING > XYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY > XYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN You want to break the line immediately before the 'XYC'? That's quite easy; the line break is a character like any other, and can be used in a replace() call: formatted_error = Error.replace("XYC","\nXYC") If that's not the case, can you clarify what you need to do to divide it? Chris Angelico