Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression

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On 15/06/2013 14:45, Denis McMahon wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:41:21 +0000, Denis McMahon wrote:
>
>> first_and_last = [sentence.split()[i] for i in (0, -1)] middle =
>> sentence.split()[1:-2]
>
> Bugger! That last is actually:
>
> sentence.split()[1:-1]
>
> It just looks like a two.
>

I've a very strong sense of deja vu having round the same loop what, two 
hours ago?  Wondering out aloud the number of times a programmer has 
thought "That's easy, I don't need to test it".  How are the mighty fallen.

-- 
"Steve is going for the pink ball - and for those of you who are 
watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." Snooker 
commentator 'Whispering' Ted Lowe.

Mark Lawrence

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Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 02:42 -0700
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-15 10:05 +0000
    Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 10:24 +0000
      Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 11:55 +0100
        Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 04:28 -0700
        Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 13:41 +0000
          Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 13:45 +0000
            Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 15:28 +0100
              Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 07:31 -0700
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Andreas Perstinger <andipersti@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 17:01 +0200
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 16:04 +0100
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 09:28 -0700
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 17:39 +0100
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-15 16:24 -0400
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 11:18 +0100
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-06-15 09:59 -0700
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 10:54 -0700
    Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-06-15 11:47 -0700
      Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 12:38 -0700
      Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-06-15 13:41 -0700
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 22:03 +0100
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 22:26 +0100

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