str.isspace()
George Sakkis
george.sakkis at gmail.com
Sun Sep 3 14:08:28 EDT 2006
Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:
> On 3 Sep 2006 09:20:49 -0700, bearophilehugs at lycos.com wrote:
> >Are you using the str.isspace() method? I don't use it, so if most
> >people don't uses it, then it may be removed from Py 3.0.
> >
> >I usually need to know if a string contains some non-spaces (not space
> >class chars). To do it I use something like:
> >
> >if aline.strip(): ...
> >
> >If you really need str.isspace() you may use (but so far I have never
> >had to do this):
> >
> >if txt and not txt.strip(): ...
> >
> >Bye,
> >bearophile
> >
>
> Great idea.
>
> By the way, are you using division? I don't use it, so if most people
> don't use it, then it may be removed from Py 3.0.
>
> If you really need division, you may use:
>
> x * (y ** -1)
>
> Bye,
> Jean-Paul
LOL... well said.
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