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Learn Programming in Python with Cody Jackson
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Learn Programming in Python with Cody Jackson

by Cody Jackson
November 2018
Beginner
304 pages
7h 35m
English
Packt Publishing
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String methods

As there are more than 40 methods for strings, we will cover some of the most commonly found methods here. However, the full list can be found in the Python documentation:

  • str.capitalize(): Returns a copy of the string with only the first character capitalized and all others lowercase.
  • str.endswith(suffix[, start[, end]]): Returns True if the string ends with the specified suffix; otherwise, returns False. To look for multiple suffixes, a tuple can be used. The optional start is the index to start the search at, and the optional end is the ending index.
  • str.format(*args, **kwargs): Conducts a string formatting operation. This has been shown previously in other examples. There are many additional parameters that can be used ...
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