Reg Ex help

[Edward Elliott]

bruno at modulix wrote:

> parts = s.replace(' ', '/').strip('/').split('/')
> branch = parts[parts.index('CHECKEDOUT') - 1]
>  
> Edward Elliott wrote:
>>
>> marker = s.index('/CHECKEDOUT')
>> branch = s [s.rindex('/', 0, marker) + 1 : marker]
> 
> Much cleaner than mine. I shouldn't try to code when it's time to bed !-)

Not terribly readable though, hard to tell what the magic slice indexes
mean.  Yours is easier to follow.  I think I'd just use a regex though.

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Edward Elliott
UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
complangpython at eddeye dot net