case insensitive lstrip function?

[Kelie]

Hello,

Is there such a function included in the standard Python distribution?
This is what I came up with. How to improve it? Thanks.

def lstrip2(s, chars, ingoreCase = True):
if ingoreCase:
s2 = s.upper().lstrip(chars.upper())
return s[len(s)-len(s2):]
else:
return s.lstrip(chars)

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:48:09 -0700, Kelie wrote:

Is there such a function included in the standard Python distribution?

AFAIK not.

This is what I came up with. How to improve it? Thanks.

def lstrip2(s, chars, ingoreCase = True):
if ingoreCase:
s2 = s.upper().lstrip(chars.upper())
return s[len(s)-len(s2):]
else:
return s.lstrip(chars)

What about this:

def lstrip2(string, chars, ignore_case=True):
if ignore_case:
chars = chars.lower() + chars.upper()
return string.lstrip(chars)

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

[Kelie]

On Mar 28, 12:55 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[e-mail]:

What about this:

def lstrip2(string, chars, ignore_case=True):
if ignore_case:
chars = chars.lower() + chars.upper()
return string.lstrip(chars)

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

Thanks Marc. I think yours looks much better.