"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik@[...].com>  wrote:

> Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > > or, much more preferably:
> > >
> > >     if filename[-4:] == '.txt':
> >
> > Overall, the Perl code's better.  It didn't have to hard-code the
> > length of the string.
> 
> if it matters, use endswith instead:
> 
>     if filename.endswith('.txt'):
>         ...

That wont match any .TXT files. Whether thats a problem depends on
whether you use Windows or not.....



Toby Dickenson
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