substring matching

[M.N.A.Smadi]

hi;

say i have the following variable

data="""XYZ dflsjdfkl sdfsdhfl
jdsflkdsjf
sldjfsldjf
"""

i need to make sure that the first part is actually XYZ, is there an
easy way of doing that?

thanks
m.smadi

[Roel Schroeven]

Re: substring matching

M.N.A.Smadi wrote:[color=blue]
> hi;
>
> say i have the following variable
>
> data="""XYZ dflsjdfkl sdfsdhfl
> jdsflkdsjf
> sldjfsldjf
> """
>
> i need to make sure that the first part is actually XYZ, is there an
> easy way of doing that?[/color]

data.startswith ("XYZ")

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Roel Schroeven