Python Pocket Reference, Second Edition

The string Module and Methods

The string module defines constants and variables for processing string objects, above and beyond string type operations. See also string built-in type operations and string-related built-in functions in Section 1.6, and Section 1.19.

Module Functions Versus String Object Methods

As of Python 2.0, most functions in this module are also available as methods of string objects (see Section 1.6.2 in Section 1.6 for more details and a list of all available string methods). A string module function call such as func(str, arg) is generally now also accessible as str.func(arg). Where appropriate, both call formats are listed.

Note that as of Python 2.2, much of the string module is available as object methods, but not all; constants and some module functions are still available only in the string module. Function entries with just one listed call signature are not available as string methods. Similarly, some string methods are not available in this module (see the string type in Section 1.6).

Constants

digits

The string '0123456789'.

hexdigits

The string '0123456789abcdefABCDEF'.

letters

Concatenation of the strings lowercase and uppercase.

lowercase

Usually, the string 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'.^[10]

octdigits

The string '01234567'.

printable

Combination of digits, letters, punctuation, and whitespace.

punctuation

String of characters that are considered punctuation characters.

uppercase

Usually, 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.

whitespace

String containing space, tab, linefeed, ...