[Tutor] updating a dictionary

[Alan Gauld]

On 19/02/15 22:50, Emile van Sebille wrote:

>>      if cell.endswith(suffix, 14, 16) is False:
>
> ... so they'll never end with numeric values.  Further, "".endswith()
> accepts only one argument so you ought to get an error on this line.

Sorry Emile, The OP is correct.

######################
 >>> help(''.endswith)
endswith(...) method of builtins.str instance
     S.endswith(suffix[, start[, end]]) -> bool

     Return True if S ends with the specified suffix, False otherwise.
     With optional start, test S beginning at that position.
     With optional end, stop comparing S at that position.
     suffix can also be a tuple of strings to try.
#######################

The tuple is the set of suffices and the numbers are the
start/end points. Its not often seen like that but the
OP is quite correct.


The test against False is unusual it woyuld normally look like

      if not cell.endswith(suffix, 14, 16):

but that is just a style issue.


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