Re: [Tutor] Does it helps to learn "Regular Expressions" or ...

2006-10-30 Thread Alan Gauld
"Asrarahmed Kadri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > Is it useful to know re module and its functions..?? Yes. > Or the string module has enough utilities to accomplish string > manipulation..!!! The string module is deprecated but (most of) its features are now found as methods of string object

Re: [Tutor] Does it helps to learn "Regular Expressions" or ...

2006-10-30 Thread Asrarahmed Kadri
Thanks a lot, Danny. Yeah, my goal is to do XML parsing and for that I will be using ElementTree. As you pointed out, regular expressions are very powerful, so I better get some idea of about them.   Cheers. Asrarahmed  On 10/30/06, Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it useful to know re mod

Re: [Tutor] Does it helps to learn "Regular Expressions" or ...

2006-10-30 Thread Danny Yoo
> Is it useful to know re module and its functions..?? HI Asrarahmed, Yes. Most people find them to be invaluable in their day-to-day work. The problem is that they're powerful enough that they look like an all-in-one tool: it's tempting to use them, even when they are the wrong tool for the

[Tutor] Does it helps to learn "Regular Expressions" or ...

2006-10-30 Thread Asrarahmed Kadri
Hi Folks,   Is it useful to know re module and its functions..??   Or the string module has enough utilities to accomplish string manipulation..!!!   Any suggestions??   Regards, Asrarahmed -- To HIM you shall return. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.