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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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16 \begin{datadesc}{ascii_letters}
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23 The lowercase letters \code{'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'}. This
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30 \end{datadesc}
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32 \begin{datadesc}{digits}
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33 The string \code{'0123456789'}.
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37 The string \code{'0123456789abcdefABCDEF'}.
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44 \function{locale.setlocale()} is called.
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48 A string containing all the characters that are considered lowercase
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62 String of \ASCII{} characters which are considered punctuation
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99 \item \samp{\$\$} is an escape; it is replaced with a single \samp{\$}.
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111 Any other appearance of \samp{\$} in the string will result in a
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114 \versionadded{2.4}
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120 \begin{verbatim}
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121 >>> from string import Template
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122 >>> s = Template('$who likes $what')
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123 >>> print s % dict(who='tim', what='kung pao')
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124 tim likes kung pao
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125 >>> Template('Give $who $100') % dict(who='tim')
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128 ValueError: Invalid placeholder at index 10
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129 \end{verbatim}
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138 >>> from string import SafeTemplate
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139 >>> s = SafeTemplate('$who likes $what for ${meal}')
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140 >>> print s % dict(who='tim')
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141 tim likes $what for ${meal}
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142 \end{verbatim}
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144 The values in the mapping will automatically be converted to Unicode strings,
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145 using the built-in \function{unicode()} function, which will be called without
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146 optional arguments \var{encoding} or \var{errors}.
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148 Advanced usage: you can derive subclasses of \class{Template} or
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149 \class{SafeTemplate} to use application-specific placeholder rules. To do
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150 this, you override the class attribute \member{pattern}; the value must be a
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151 compiled regular expression object with four named capturing groups. The
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152 capturing groups correspond to the rules given above, along with the invalid
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153 placeholder rule:
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155 \begin{itemize}
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157 in the default pattern.
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159 should not include the \samp{\$} in capturing group.
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160 \item \var{braced} -- This group matches the brace delimited placeholder name;
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161 it should not include either the \samp{\$} or braces in the capturing
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162 group.
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163 \item \var{bogus} -- This group matches any other \samp{\$}. It usually just
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164 matches a single \samp{\$} and should appear last.
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165 \end{itemize}
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166
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167 \subsection{String functions}
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168
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169 The following functions are available to operate on string and Unicode
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170 objects. They are not available as string methods.
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171
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172 \begin{funcdesc}{capwords}{s}
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173 Split the argument into words using \function{split()}, capitalize
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174 each word using \function{capitalize()}, and join the capitalized
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175 words using \function{join()}. Note that this replaces runs of
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176 whitespace characters by a single space, and removes leading and
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177 trailing whitespace.
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178 \end{funcdesc}
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180 \begin{funcdesc}{maketrans}{from, to}
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181 Return a translation table suitable for passing to
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182 \function{translate()} or \function{regex.compile()}, that will map
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183 each character in \var{from} into the character at the same position
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184 in \var{to}; \var{from} and \var{to} must have the same length.
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186 \warning{Don't use strings derived from \constant{lowercase}
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187 and \constant{uppercase} as arguments; in some locales, these don't have
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188 the same length. For case conversions, always use
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189 \function{lower()} and \function{upper()}.}
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190 \end{funcdesc}
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192 \subsection{Deprecated string functions}
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194 The following list of functions are also defined as methods of string and
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195 Unicode objects; see ``String Methods'' (section
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196 \ref{string-methods}) for more information on those. You should consider
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197 these functions as deprecated, although they will not be removed until Python
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198 3.0. The functions defined in this module are:
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200 \begin{funcdesc}{atof}{s}
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204 optionally preceded by a sign (\samp{+} or \samp{-}). Note that
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206 \function{float()}\bifuncindex{float} when passed a string.
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208 \note{When passing in a string, values for NaN\index{NaN}
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210 underlying C library. The specific set of strings accepted which
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211 cause these values to be returned depends entirely on the C library
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212 and is known to vary.}
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215 \begin{funcdesc}{atoi}{s\optional{, base}}
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216 \deprecated{2.0}{Use the \function{int()} built-in function.}
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217 Convert string \var{s} to an integer in the given \var{base}. The
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227 function \function{eval()}\bifuncindex{eval}.)
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230 \begin{funcdesc}{atol}{s\optional{, base}}
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231 \deprecated{2.0}{Use the \function{long()} built-in function.}
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232 Convert string \var{s} to a long integer in the given \var{base}.
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233 The string must consist of one or more digits, optionally preceded
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235 same meaning as for \function{atoi()}. A trailing \samp{l} or
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236 \samp{L} is not allowed, except if the base is 0. Note that when
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239 \function{long()}\bifuncindex{long} when passed a string.
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240 \end{funcdesc}
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242 \begin{funcdesc}{capitalize}{word}
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243 Return a copy of \var{word} with only its first character capitalized.
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244 \end{funcdesc}
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246 \begin{funcdesc}{expandtabs}{s\optional{, tabsize}}
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247 Expand tabs in a string replacing them by one or more spaces,
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248 depending on the current column and the given tab size. The column
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254 \begin{funcdesc}{find}{s, sub\optional{, start\optional{,end}}}
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255 Return the lowest index in \var{s} where the substring \var{sub} is
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257 \code{\var{s}[\var{start}:\var{end}]}. Return \code{-1} on failure.
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258 Defaults for \var{start} and \var{end} and interpretation of
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259 negative values is the same as for slices.
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262 \begin{funcdesc}{rfind}{s, sub\optional{, start\optional{, end}}}
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327 Concatenate a list or tuple of words with intervening occurrences of
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377 \begin{funcdesc}{translate}{s, table\optional{, deletechars}}
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390 \funcline{rjust}{s, width}
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391 \funcline{center}{s, width}
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393 a string in a field of given width. They return a string that is at
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395 \var{s} with spaces until the given width on the right, left or both
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396 sides. The string is never truncated.
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397 \end{funcdesc}
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399 \begin{funcdesc}{zfill}{s, width}
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400 Pad a numeric string on the left with zero digits until the given
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401 width is reached. Strings starting with a sign are handled
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403 \end{funcdesc}
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405 \begin{funcdesc}{replace}{str, old, new\optional{, maxreplace}}
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406 Return a copy of string \var{str} with all occurrences of substring
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407 \var{old} replaced by \var{new}. If the optional argument
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410 \end{funcdesc}