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Thread ID: 119010	2011-06-30 22:14:00	Python get last portion of string	Mike (15)	Press F1

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1213668	2011-06-30 22:14:00	Hi all, I have a python string something like: "Database Connection\\Database\\Table\\Record" or "Database Connection/Database/Table/Record" or "Database Connection/Database/Table" etc. I want to get the last portion of the string "Record", so want to get all characters after the last slash/backslash. There aren't always the same number of slashes, not always the same number of characters, and the database names and table names aren't always the same. Any ideas how I find the last instance of a character (the slash) and then take the remaining string after that character and return it to a new variable? Thanks, Mike.	Mike (15)
1213669	2011-06-30 22:42:00	OK I think I've done it with a rough bit of regex... newstring = (re.compile('[\\\/]').split(string)[(len(re.compile('[\\\/]').split(string))-1):])[0] It appears to work anyway... I'm keen if anyone has a better/different/non-regex way to do it? :D Cheers, Mike.	Mike (15)
1213670	2011-07-01 03:04:00	Use rfind or rindex with substring addressing - that's the most efficient way to achieve this, and doesn't involve the overhead of the regex parser. :pf1mobmini:	Erayd (23)
1213671	2011-07-05 20:45:00	Use rfind or rindex with substring addressing - that's the most efficient way to achieve this, and doesn't involve the overhead of the regex parser.Thanks Erayd, that looks like it will do what I want :) cheers, Mike.	Mike (15)
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