Pattern Search Regular Expression

[Mark Lawrence]

On 15/06/2013 14:45, Denis McMahon wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:41:21 +0000, Denis McMahon wrote:
>
>> first_and_last = [sentence.split()[i] for i in (0, -1)] middle =
>> sentence.split()[1:-2]
>
> Bugger! That last is actually:
>
> sentence.split()[1:-1]
>
> It just looks like a two.
>

I've a very strong sense of deja vu having round the same loop what, two 
hours ago?  Wondering out aloud the number of times a programmer has 
thought "That's easy, I don't need to test it".  How are the mighty fallen.

-- 
"Steve is going for the pink ball - and for those of you who are 
watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." Snooker 
commentator 'Whispering' Ted Lowe.

Mark Lawrence