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| From | Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> |
| Date | 2011-06-06 11:40 -0600 |
| Subject | Re: how to avoid leading white spaces |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2496.1307382082.9059.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> wrote: > I wrestled with using addition like that, and decided against it. > The 7 is a magic number and repeats/hides information. I wanted > something like: > > prefix = "TABLE='" > start = line.index(prefix) + len(prefix) > > But decided I searching for the opening ' was a bit better. Fair enough, although if you ask me the + 1 is just as magical as the + 7 (it's still the length of the string that you're searching for). Also, re-finding the opening ' still repeats information. The main thing I wanted to fix was that the second .index() call had the possibility of raising an unhandled ValueError. There are really two things we have to search for in the line, either of which could be missing, and catching them both with the same except: clause feels better to me than checking both of them for -1. Cheers, Ian
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-06-01 10:11 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-01 12:39 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Karim <karim.liateni@free.fr> - 2011-06-01 22:34 +0200
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-02 13:21 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-02 21:57 -0400
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-06-03 03:41 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-03 02:58 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-02 23:44 -0400
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 13:52 +1000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 13:54 +1000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-03 04:30 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-03 14:11 +0100
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-06-04 13:41 +1200
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-04 20:44 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian <hobson42@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 22:04 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-09 02:32 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> - 2011-06-03 10:32 +0200
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-03 05:51 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-03 13:17 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-03 08:14 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-03 14:25 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> - 2011-06-03 10:58 -0400
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-03 12:29 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-03 20:49 +0000
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-03 15:11 -0700
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-05 22:44 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-06 16:08 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 10:29 -0600
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-06 17:17 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 11:40 -0600
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-06 17:56 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-06 10:48 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 11:42 -0600
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-06-04 03:24 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-04 04:59 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-03 22:30 -0400
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-04 09:39 -0400
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 09:36 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-04 21:02 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-05 01:01 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 16:04 +1000
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-06 07:11 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 11:51 +0300
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 19:01 +1000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 07:33 -0700
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-07 20:30 -0400
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 01:27 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-06 15:29 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 10:06 -0600
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-07 09:00 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-08 09:01 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-08 07:39 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-06-05 04:17 -0700
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