Aggelos I. Orfanakos wrote:
> Any idea which of the following is faster?
>
> 'a/b/c/'[:-1]
>
> or
>
> 'a/b/c/'.rstrip('/')
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> P.S. I could time it but I thought of trying my luck here first, in
> case someone knows already, and of course the reason.
First, it almost certainly doesn't matter. Use the one that is
self-documenting.
Secondly, time it yourself. It's incredibly easy. There's a module
written especially for doing this - and surprise surprise, it's called
"timeit.py" and it's in the <python install location>/Lib directory.
Tim Delaney
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