String help

[Daniel T.]

In article <ans2k7$efd$1 at lust.ihug.co.nz>,
 "CheapSkate" <gua81 at XXXyahoo.com> wrote:

> and that will give me??
> aaa, bbb or ccc?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> "Padraig Brady" <Padraig at Linux.ie> wrote in message
> news:3DA18C4C.1050705 at Linux.ie...
> > "aaa,bbb,ccc".split(',')
> >
> > Pádraig.

It gives you all three.

Try it:

>>> "aaa,bbb,ccc".split(',')
['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc']

(ie it returns a list of strings, each with the approprate part)

or

>>> a, b, c = "aa,bb,cc".split(',')
>>> a
'aa'
>>> b
'bb'
>>> c
'cc'

(ie each element on the left is assigned a part of the string.)

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