[Tutor] Iterating through a list of strings

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> Agreed that
>
>     line = line[:line.index('%')]
>
> is slightly more readable than
>
>    line = line.split('%', 1)[0]

How about:

line = line.partition('%')[0]

partition() works even if '%' isn't present.

The index() and split() techniques raise exceptions if '%' isn't
present.

Malcolm