diff Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @ 38697:1cafbcd7f55c legacy-trunk

RFE #1491485: str/unicode.endswith()/startswith() now accept a tuple as first argument.
author Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
date Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:45:48 +0000
parents 78771d673b4b
children 15fe9dbc5d39
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--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Fri Jun 09 18:40:46 2006 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Fri Jun 09 18:45:48 2006 +0000
@@ -618,8 +618,11 @@
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[string]{endswith}{suffix\optional{, start\optional{, end}}}
 Return \code{True} if the string ends with the specified \var{suffix},
-otherwise return \code{False}.  With optional \var{start}, test beginning at
+otherwise return \code{False}.  \var{suffix} can also be a tuple of
+suffixes to look for.  With optional \var{start}, test beginning at
 that position.  With optional \var{end}, stop comparing at that position.
+
+\versionchanged[Accept tuples as \var{suffix}]{2.5}
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[string]{expandtabs}{\optional{tabsize}}
@@ -829,9 +832,12 @@
 \begin{methoddesc}[string]{startswith}{prefix\optional{,
                                        start\optional{, end}}}
 Return \code{True} if string starts with the \var{prefix}, otherwise
-return \code{False}.  With optional \var{start}, test string beginning at
+return \code{False}.  \var{prefix} can also be a tuple of
+suffixes to look for.  With optional \var{start}, test string beginning at
 that position.  With optional \var{end}, stop comparing string at that
 position.
+
+\versionchanged[Accept tuples as \var{prefix}]{2.5}
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[string]{strip}{\optional{chars}}