String Formatting

[Avell Diroll]

OriginalBrownster wrote:
> Hi there:
> 
> I was wondering if its at all possible to search through a string for a
> specific character.
> 
> I want to search through a string backwords and find the last
> period/comma, then take everything after that period/comma
> 
> Example
> 
> If i had a list:    bread, butter, milk
> 
> I want to just take that last entry of milk. However the need for it
> arises from something more complicated.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated
> 



Would that work for you ?

>>> a = 'bread, butter, milk'
>>> a
'bread, butter, milk'
>>> b = a.split(',')
>>> b
['bread', ' butter', ' milk']
>>> c = b[-1]
>>> c
' milk'
>>> d = c.strip()
>>> d
'milk'




HIH


Avell