simple string search and replace

[Steve Holden]

Kun wrote:
> hey guys, here's my code,
> 
> senders = [('460 (BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (FROM)] {46}', 'From: Friend 
> <anon at anon.wharton.com>\r\n\r\n'), ')', ('462 (BODY[HEADER.FIELDS 
> (FROM)] {37}', 'From: Kun <neurogasm at gmail.com>\r\n\r\n'), ')']
> print senders
> parsed_senders = []
> sender = ""
> for item in senders:
>     if isinstance(item,tuple):
>        item= ''.join(item)
>     if item==')':
>        parsed_senders.append(sender[sender.find('<')+1:].strip())
>        sender = ""
>     else:
>        sender+=item
> print parsed_senders
> 
> 
> 
> 
> wondering if anyone knows how i can remove the '>'s from the list, which 
> outputs to something like ['anon at anon.wharton.com>', 'neurogasm at gmail.com>']

Where you append to parsed_senders, replace

   sender[sender.find('<')+1:]

with

   sender[sender.find('<')+1:-1]

and that will use a string one shorter, omitting the ">" character.

regards
  Steve
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