I have a small script (linux) that takes a phone number as an argument: #!/usr/bin/env python import sys number = '+' + sys.argv[1] ....
However, if the first digit of the phone number is a 0 then I need to replace that 0 with "972". I can add the "972", but how do I remove the leading "0"? For instance, this code: #!/usr/bin/env python import sys if sys.argv[1][0] == 0: number = '+972' + sys.argv[1] else: number = '+' + sys.argv[1] Turns the phone number "0123" into "9720123" but I need "972123". How is this done? Better yet, where in the fine manual would I find this? Thanks in advance. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor