compound strip() string problem

[Dylan Wilson]

Hi,
I'm new to python and i have a string problem.
My problem is this
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>>>import time
>>>time = time.asctime()
>>>time 'Fri Apr 08 22:14:14 2005'
>>>ti = time[0:13]
>>>me = time[14:16]
>>>time = ti + me
>>>time

'Fri Apr 08 2214'
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Now i need to compond that string remove the whitespace if you will.Well
i read up on strip(), lstrip() and rstrip() and all i could deduce was
that they striped the whitespace from the start and/or end of the
string.But I tried that anyway and failed.Is there an easier way than i
did it below? I'm sorry it's ugly and tedious.
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#!/bin/bash/env python

import os, time

#Figure out what os this is
platform = os.name

#Create string with date, time and extension for our pcap file
ext = '.out'
time = time.asctime()
ti = time[0:13] #
me = time[14:16] #
time = ti + me #There has to be a better way to do this?
fo = time[0:3] #
rm = time[4:7] #
at = time[11:18]
time = fo + rm + at + ext

#Get rid of yukkies
del ti, me, ext, fo, rm, at

#create command string
flag = '-w'
wincommand = 'c:/progra~1/ethereal/tethereal'
lincommand = '/usr/sbin/./tethereal'

#run tethereal and send the output to a pcap file DDDMMMHHMM.out

if platform == 'nt':
os.system('%s %s %s' % (wincommand, flag, time))

if platform == 'posix':
os.system('%s %s %s' % (lincommand, flag, time))

 

[Sidharth Kuruvila]

The time module has a function called 'strftime' which can retyrn the
time in the the format you want to. So you really don't need to parse
the string returned by asctime the way you are doing.

Hi,
I'm new to python and i have a string problem.
My problem is this
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

import time
time = time.asctime()
time 'Fri Apr 08 22:14:14 2005'
ti = time[0:13]
me = time[14:16]
time = ti + me
time

'Fri Apr 08 2214'
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now i need to compond that string remove the whitespace if you will.Well
i read up on strip(), lstrip() and rstrip() and all i could deduce was
that they striped the whitespace from the start and/or end of the
string.But I tried that anyway and failed.Is there an easier way than i
did it below? I'm sorry it's ugly and tedious.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/bash/env python

import os, time

#Figure out what os this is
platform = os.name

#Create string with date, time and extension for our pcap file
ext = '.out'
time = time.asctime()
ti = time[0:13] #
me = time[14:16] #
time = ti + me #There has to be a better way to do this?
fo = time[0:3] #
rm = time[4:7] #
at = time[11:18]
time = fo + rm + at + ext

#Get rid of yukkies
del ti, me, ext, fo, rm, at

#create command string
flag = '-w'
wincommand = 'c:/progra~1/ethereal/tethereal'
lincommand = '/usr/sbin/./tethereal'

#run tethereal and send the output to a pcap file DDDMMMHHMM.out

if platform == 'nt':
os.system('%s %s %s' % (wincommand, flag, time))

if platform == 'posix':
os.system('%s %s %s' % (lincommand, flag, time))

 

[Jeffrey Froman]

Now i need to compond that string remove the whitespace if you will.Well
i read up on strip(), lstrip() and rstrip() and all i could deduce was
that they striped the whitespace from the start and/or end of the
string.But I tried that anyway and failed.Is there an easier way than i
did it below?

As Sidharth Kuruvila pointed out, time.strftime() is probably the best
choice for your situation. For the general case of removing whitespace from
a sting, one method is:

''.join(mystring.split())


Jeffrey