delimiting text file??

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <7u5da5$pp2$1 at nntp6.u.washington.edu>,
Donn Cave  <donn at u.washington.edu> wrote:
>Quoth Gerrit Holl <gerrit.holl at pobox.com>:
>| Aahz Maruch:
>[re how to insert comma delimiters]
>
>|> delimitedString = string[:x] + "," + string[x:]
>|> 
>|> That's a rather lame way to do it; as you learn more about Python,
>|> you'll come across better ways.
>|
>| Is it? I think I've learned more about Python than Jim has (already finished
>| Learning python, and I'm waiting for Programming TkInter with Python now),
>| but I don't know a better way than this?
>
>He may have gauged better than I the original poster's zeal for
>discovering things on his own, but I was surprised no one mentioned
>string.join'ing a list of fields in one step.  It's what I consider
>the normal approach to this common task.  Easier on the eyes, probably
>faster if there are more than a couple of fields.

Oh, I agree -- but the original poster didn't say anything about a list
of fields....
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