[Tutor] beginsWith multiple prefixes

[Emad Nawfal (عماد نوفل)]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>wrote:

>
> "Kent Johnson" <kent37 at tds.net> wrote
>
>> for d in os.listdir():
>>>  if MyString(d).upper().beginswith(....):
>>>
>>
>> But that won't work, the result of calling upper() will be a normal
>> str, not a MyString.
>>
>
> Ah yes. Immutability of strings strikes again. upper() returns a new
> string, I forgot about that. pity.
>
> You can do
>
> if MyString(d.upper()).beginswith(...)
>
> But that loses a lot in elegance and is hardly better than using a
> fiunction.
>
> Alan G
>
>
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Thank you Alan and everybody. I simply prefer the built-in one. I had no
idea it could take a tuple.
What is amazing is that I learn  more from this list than I do from any
other source.

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Emad Soliman Nawfal
Indiana University, Bloomington
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