[Zope] Re[2]: [Zope] splitting strings ??

[Geir B Hansen]

on 6. januar 2000 Jens Vagelpohl wrote :
JV> hi geir,

JV> i assume you're referring to the last element of the split-up string, not
JV> the last character, right?

JV> if i remember right from those great o'reilly books about python the last
JV> element in a list (which is what you get from a split operation) can be
JV> referred to by <mylistname>[-1], so your example would look like:

JV> <dtml-if expr="_.string.split(_['REMOTE_ADDR'],'.')[-1] == '71'">

JV> this works because you can count up from the first element ([0], [1] etc) or
JV> down from the last ([-1], [-2]) by using negative indexes.

JV> jens


thanks for the info about the negative numbers (nice to know), but i am actually
looking for the last character of a string..
sorry for my lousy explanation in the first mail.

i'll get the o'reilley-book on python as fast as i can.. Promise !!


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