[Tutor] lists and s.split

[Michael Janssen]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:

> On Friday 21 March 2003 04:07, Michael Janssen wrote:
> >
> > "+=" needs recent version of python, otherwise:
> >     dir_name_list = dir_name_list + string.split(name, "-")[1]
> >
>
> or use dir_name_list.append(string.split(name, "-")[1]) which is perhaps more
> efficient.

of course. I must have dreaming. My version would generate a new list
every time. append works on the same list.
Michael