[Python-Dev] Re: string.find() again (was Re: timsort for jython)

Inyeol Lee inyeol.lee@siimage.com
Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:20:57 -0700


On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 02:31:30PM -0700, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Inyeol Lee wrote:
> > To underline strings for viewers like less.
> >
> > >>> underlined = normal.replace('', '_\b')
> 
> That doesn't quite work, since it puts an extra underbar at the end.

underlined = normal.replace('', '_\b', len(normal))

Hmm... my position is getting weaker...
When I first posted this, I just thought about consistency, not about
use cases. This underline samples are created in a hurry :-)

-- Inyeol Lee