From: Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind@...>
Date: 2009-06-17T06:37:19+09:00
Subject: Re: separate a string of values into an array - noob

Mmcolli00 Mom wrote:
> What if it weren't coming from a directory could you still you .map?
> -Misty

The way to do this depends on what the input is, if not a directory?

I don't know how you'd get this input, but let's say you have a string:

input = "234234.EXE 234234.EXE 234545.EXE 34543435.EXE 234563.EXE 
24324345.EXE"

tokens = input.split(' ')
first_token = tokens.first
remove_suffix = first_token.split('.').first

# Or all in one line if you like:

input.split(' ').first.split('.').first


There are a variety of other ways to do 'this', but what 'this' is 
depends on, well, what you're doing.
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