| Method |
Does what |
| capitalize() |
Capitalizes first letter of string |
| center(width, fillchar) |
Returns a space-padded string with the
original string centered to a total of width columns. |
| count(str, beg= 0, end=len(string)) |
Counts how many times str occurs in string
or in a substring of string if starting index beg and
ending index end are given. |
| decode(encoding='UTF-8', errors='strict') |
Decodes the string using the codec
registered for encoding. Encoding defaults to the default
string encoding. |
| encode(encoding='UTF-8', errors='strict') |
Returns encoded string version of string.
On error, default is to raise a ValueError unless errors
are set to 'ignore' or 'replace'. |
| endswith(suffix, beg=0, end=len(string)) |
Determines if string or a substring of
string (if starting index beg and ending index end are
given) ends with suffix; returns true if so and false
otherwise. |
| expandtabs(tabsize=8) |
Expands tabs in string to multiple spaces.
Defaults to 8 spaces per tab if tabsize not provided. |
| find(str, beg=0, end=len(string)) |
Determines if str occurs in string or in
a substring of string if starting index beg and ending
index end are given returns index if found and -1 otherwise. |
| index(str, beg=0, end=len(string)) |
Same as find(), but raises an exception
if str not found. |
| isalnum() |
Returns true if string has at least 1
character and all characters are alphanumeric and false
otherwise. |
| isalpha() |
Returns true if string has at least 1
character and all characters are alphabetic and false
otherwise. |
| isdecimal() |
Returns true if a unicode string contains
only decimal characters and false otherwise. |
| isdigit() |
Returns true if string contains only digits
and false otherwise. |
| islower() |
Returns true if string has at least 1 cased
character and all cased characters are in lowercase and
false otherwise. |
| isnumeric() |
Returns true if a unicode string contains
only numeric characters and false otherwise. |
| isspace() |
Returns true if string contains only
whitespace characters and false otherwise. |
| istitle() |
Returns true if string is properly
"titlecased" and false otherwise. |
| isupper() |
Returns true if string has at least one
cased character and all cased characters are in uppercase
and false otherwise. |
| join(seq) |
Merges (concatenates) the string
representations of elements in sequence seq into a string,
with separator string. |
| len(string) |
Returns the length of the string |
| ljust(width [, fillchar]) |
Returns a space-padded string with the
original string left-justified to a total of width columns. |
| lower() |
Converts all uppercase letters in string
to lowercase. |
| lstrip() |
Removes all leading whitespace in string. |
| maketrans() |
Returns a translation table to be used in
a translate function. |
| max(str) |
Returns the max alphabetical character from
the string str. |
| min(str) |
Returns the min alphabetical character from
the string str. |
| replace(old, new [, max]) |
Replaces all occurrences of old in string
with new or at most max occurrences if max given. |
| rfind(str, beg=0, end=len(string)) |
Same as find(), but search backwards in string. |
| rindex(str, beg=0, end=len(string)) |
Same as index(), but search backwards in string. |
| rjust(width [, fillchar]) |
Returns a space-padded string with the
original string right-justified to a total of width columns. |
| rstrip() |
Removes all trailing whitespace of string. |
| split(str="", num=string.count(str)) |
Splits string according to delimiter str
(space if not provided) and returns list of substrings.
Splits into at most num substrings if given. |
| splitlines(num=string.count('\n')) |
Splits string at all (or num) NEWLINEs and
returns a list of each line with NEWLINEs removed. |
| startswith(str, beg=0, end=len(string)) |
Determines if string or a substring of
string (if starting index beg and ending index end are
given) starts with substring str. Returns true if so
and false otherwise. |
| strip([chars]) |
Performs both lstrip() and rstrip() on string. |
| swapcase() |
Inverts case for all letters in string. |
| title() |
Returns "titlecased" version of string (all
words begin with uppercase and the rest are lowercase). |
| translate(table, deletechars="") |
Translates string according to translation
table str(256 chars), removing those in the del string. |
| upper() |
Converts lowercase letters in string to
uppercase. |
| zfill(width) |
Returns original string leftpadded with
zeros to a total of width characters; intended for numbers,
zfill() retains any sign given (less one zero). |