> How about
> >>> s='1|2|3|4'
> >>> l=s.split('|')
> >>> a, l = l[0], l[1:]
> >>> a
> '1'
> >>> l
> ['2', '3', '4']looks kinda readable. thanks randy _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
