On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Ross Burton <[email protected]> wrote:
> +def trim_version(version, num_parts=2):
> + """
> + Return just the first <num_parts> of <version>, split by periods. For
> + example, trim_version("1.2.3", 2) will return "1.2".
> + """
> + if type(version) is not str:
> + raise TypeError("Version should be a string")
> + if num_parts < 1:
> + raise ValueError("Cannot split to parts < 1")
> +
> + parts = version.split(".")
> + trimmed = ".".join(parts[:num_parts])
> + return trimmed
>
Another option would be to do something like:
def trim_version(version, num_parts=2):
v = distutils.version.LooseVersion(version)
return v.version[:num_parts]
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Christopher Larson
clarson at kergoth dot com
Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus
Maintainer - Tslib
Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics
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