It is common for Python modules to export their version number in list or tuple form. While it is simple to convert a dot-delimited string to a tuple, it's subtle and tricky to go the other way, particularly when you don't know how many "digits" there are. This recipe includes a pair of functions that convert between forms. Also handy for IP addresses!
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Copy to clipboard1 2 3 4 5 | def StringVersion( seq ):
return '.'.join( ['%s'] * len( seq )) % tuple( seq )
def TupleVersion( str ):
return map( int, str.split( '.' ))
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what's the advantage of the %s interpolation? I don't see why the first function isn't just "return '.'.join(map(str,seq))". Perhaps there's a reason, but I can't think of it. Either way, you'll get len(seq) numbers in your result; zeros are handled correctly; and I can't see how speed/memory concerns would ever come into play for a function like this. (I suspect my version is faster, in any case.)
Great example of calling join() on a literal string, by the way.
Um, because I didn't think of it? :-)
You're right, though, that's probably a better approach and is most likely faster.