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Old October 15th, 2004, 12:50 PM
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I need to return x number of chars in a string. Is there a function for this?

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Old October 15th, 2004, 01:09 PM
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Nope, there isn't a function. Just treat the string as if it were a list:
Code:
str = "This is a test"
str2 = str[2:10]
print str
print str2

See? Who needs a function when python has a built-in operator for this
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and if you just mean "how many chars are there in a specified string":

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str = "This is a test"
length = len(str)
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use slice.
eg:

str = "my string"
print str[:2]

will print my
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