Newbie question

[koutoo at hotmail.com]

On Sep 18, 1:31 pm, "Shawn Milochik" <Sh... at Milochik.com> wrote:
> On 9/18/07, kou... at hotmail.com <kou... at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If I have a file name: AVC1030708.14.  How do I strip out certain
> > characters from the file name?  I am so used to using MID, LEFT, and
> > RIGHT functions, that I have no idea how to do this in python?  I have
> > had trouble as well with most newbies on finding the help.  But I have
> > used the command line built in help, but with no luck.  Thanks.
>
> > Kou
>
> Do you want to strip out specific characters, characters in specific
> positions, or characters matching certain patterns?

Yes, I want specific characters in specific positions.