scanf style parsing

[Tim Hammerquist]

Me parece que Stefan Schwarzer <s.schwarzer at ndh.net> dijo:
> Hi Tim
> 
> my posting is not really related to the scanf discussion but maybe helpful ...
> 
> Tim Hammerquist wrote:
> > or, much more preferably:
> > 
> >     if filename[-4:] == '.txt':
> >         ...
> 
> Since (I think:) Python 2.0 it's possible to use
> 
> if filename.endswith('.txt'):
>     ...
> 
> which is less error-prone if the string is a bit longer.

..and much more maintainable. You no longer must change the index when
the length of the string changes.  Very nice.  I hadn't been
familiarized with this method.  Thank you for bringing it up.

> Stefan

Tim Hammerquist
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