bizarre behavior using .lstrip

[Jeremy Dillworth]

whoops!  Forgot the '^' in the regex...

>>> import re
>>> s = 'chg cbonn_fee'
>>> print re.sub('^chg ', '', s)


On Friday 19 September 2003 10:43 pm, Jeremy Dillworth wrote:
> As an alternative you could use re.sub()
>
> >>> import re
> >>> s = 'chg cbonn_fee'
> >>> print re.sub('chg ', '', s)
>
> cbonn_fee
>
> On Friday 19 September 2003 8:11 pm, Peter Hansen wrote:
> > Pete Jereb wrote:
> > > Python 2.3 (#46, Jul 29 2003, 18:54:32) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on
> > > win32
> > >
> > > >>> s = 'chg bonn_fee'
> > > >>> print s
> > >
> > > chg bonn_fee
> > >
> > > >>> print s.lstrip('chg ')
> > >
> > > bonn_fee
> > >
> > > >>> s = 'chg conn_fee'
> > > >>> print s
> > >
> > > chg conn_fee
> > >
> > > >>> print s.lstrip('chg ')
> > >
> > > onn_fee
> > >
> > > Does this make any sense at all?  where did the lead c in conn_fee go?
> >
> > Based on the behaviour you describe, I would assume lstrip()
> > removes, starting at the beginning of the string, all characters
> > which are *anywhere* in the argument string you give it, until
> > it encounters a character not in that string, at which point it
> > stops.
> >
> > -Peter