trim_ignored_letters(): Simplify a little.

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Fred Drake 1999-01-04 22:00:56 +00:00
parent 1e899cdeaa
commit 3b07480a17

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@ -116,14 +116,14 @@ def load(fp):
return nodes
# ignore $ to keep environment variables with the leading letter from the name
SKIP_LETTERS = "$"
def trim_ignored_letters(s):
# ignore $ to keep environment variables with the
# leading letter from the name
s = string.lower(s)
while s[0] in SKIP_LETTERS:
s = s[1:]
return s
if s[0] == "$":
return s[1:]
else:
return s
def get_first_letter(s):
return string.lower(trim_ignored_letters(s)[0])