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| From | Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters |
| Date | 2015-12-31 20:35 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n643hu$g7k$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <240ab049-68a0-4a00-b911-d58cae9bfbcf@googlegroups.com> |
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:18:52 -0800, otaksoftspamtrap wrote:
> Best to use re and how? Something else?
Split the string on the space character and check the first two non blank
elements of the resulting list?
Maybe something similar to the following:
if [x for x in s.split(' ') if x != ''][0:3] == ['(', '(', '(']:
# string starts '((('
--
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com
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Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters otaksoftspamtrap@gmail.com - 2015-12-31 10:18 -0800
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-12-31 18:38 +0000
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Karim <kliateni@gmail.com> - 2015-12-31 19:54 +0100
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Karim <kliateni@gmail.com> - 2015-12-31 20:05 +0100
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters cassius.fechter@gmail.com - 2015-12-31 11:21 -0800
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Cory Madden <csmadden@gmail.com> - 2015-12-31 10:56 -0800
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-12-31 20:35 +0000
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-12-31 23:25 +0000
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-01 12:12 +1100
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-01 12:23 +1100
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-12-31 20:31 -0500
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Jussi Piitulainen <harvesting@is.invalid> - 2016-01-01 10:16 +0200
Re: Newbie: Check first two non-whitespace characters Karim <kliateni@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 10:43 +0100
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