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1 \section{\module{string} ---
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2 Common string operations}
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4 \declaremodule{standard}{string}
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5 \modulesynopsis{Common string operations.}
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8 This module defines some constants useful for checking character
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9 classes and some useful string functions. See the module
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10 \refmodule{re}\refstmodindex{re} for string functions based on regular
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11 expressions.
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13 The constants defined in this module are:
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15 \begin{datadesc}{ascii_letters}
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18 not locale-dependent.
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19 \end{datadesc}
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21 \begin{datadesc}{ascii_lowercase}
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22 The lowercase letters \code{'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'}. This
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24 \end{datadesc}
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27 The uppercase letters \code{'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'}. This
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29 \end{datadesc}
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31 \begin{datadesc}{digits}
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32 The string \code{'0123456789'}.
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35 \begin{datadesc}{hexdigits}
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36 The string \code{'0123456789abcdefABCDEF'}.
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37 \end{datadesc}
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39 \begin{datadesc}{letters}
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40 The concatenation of the strings \constant{lowercase} and
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42 locale-dependent, and will be updated when
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43 \function{locale.setlocale()} is called.
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46 \begin{datadesc}{lowercase}
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47 A string containing all the characters that are considered lowercase
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48 letters. On most systems this is the string
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49 \code{'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'}. Do not change its definition ---
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51 \function{swapcase()} is undefined. The specific value is
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53 \function{locale.setlocale()} is called.
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56 \begin{datadesc}{octdigits}
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57 The string \code{'01234567'}.
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58 \end{datadesc}
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60 \begin{datadesc}{punctuation}
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61 String of \ASCII{} characters which are considered punctuation
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62 characters in the \samp{C} locale.
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63 \end{datadesc}
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65 \begin{datadesc}{printable}
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66 String of characters which are considered printable. This is a
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67 combination of \constant{digits}, \constant{letters},
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68 \constant{punctuation}, and \constant{whitespace}.
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72 A string containing all the characters that are considered uppercase
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74 \code{'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'}. Do not change its definition ---
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82 A string containing all characters that are considered whitespace.
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83 On most systems this includes the characters space, tab, linefeed,
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84 return, formfeed, and vertical tab. Do not change its definition ---
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85 the effect on the routines \function{strip()} and \function{split()}
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86 is undefined.
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90 Many of the functions provided by this module are also defined as
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91 methods of string and Unicode objects; see ``String Methods'' (section
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92 \ref{string-methods}) for more information on those.
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95 \begin{funcdesc}{atof}{s}
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99 optionally preceded by a sign (\samp{+} or \samp{-}). Note that
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101 \function{float()}\bifuncindex{float} when passed a string.
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103 \note{When passing in a string, values for NaN\index{NaN}
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107 and is known to vary.}
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122 function \function{eval()}\bifuncindex{eval}.)
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127 Convert string \var{s} to a long integer in the given \var{base}.
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130 same meaning as for \function{atoi()}. A trailing \samp{l} or
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269 \funcline{rjust}{s, width}
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270 \funcline{center}{s, width}
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271 These functions respectively left-justify, right-justify and center
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272 a string in a field of given width. They return a string that is at
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273 least \var{width} characters wide, created by padding the string
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274 \var{s} with spaces until the given width on the right, left or both
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275 sides. The string is never truncated.
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276 \end{funcdesc}
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278 \begin{funcdesc}{zfill}{s, width}
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279 Pad a numeric string on the left with zero digits until the given
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280 width is reached. Strings starting with a sign are handled
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281 correctly.
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282 \end{funcdesc}
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284 \begin{funcdesc}{replace}{str, old, new\optional{, maxsplit}}
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285 Return a copy of string \var{str} with all occurrences of substring
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286 \var{old} replaced by \var{new}. If the optional argument
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287 \var{maxsplit} is given, the first \var{maxsplit} occurrences are
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288 replaced.
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289 \end{funcdesc}