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Python Strings with Examples

Strings in Python are sequence of character can be easily created. Python Strings are objects of str class.
Let’s see what a string is,

 
"My name is Kevin" – This is a string
 

Always remember that in Python, single quotes are similar to double quotes. However, triple quotes are
also used, but for multi-line string.

Create a String in Python

This is how you can create a string in Python:

 
str = 'My name is Kevin!'
 

String Literals
In Python Strings, literals are enclosed in single, double quotes, and even triple quotes, for example:

 
#!/usr/bin/python
 
str1 = 'My name is Kevin!'
print (str1)
 
str2 = "My name is Kevin!"
print (str2)
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#multi-line string
str3 = """My name is Kevin and I
          live in New York"""
print (str3)
 

The output is as follows:

 
My name is Kevin!
My name is Kevin!
My name is Kevin and I
          live in New York
 

Above, under variable str3, you can see the string surrounded by three quotes. This forms the string,
multi-line.

Slicing to access Substrings

Access characters in a range with Slicing in Python Strings. Let’s say you only want to access substring
“Kevin”, for that, we use square brackets. Mention the start index and the end index, separate by colon, to
get substring in a range.

For accessing a substring in Python Strings,

 
myVar = 'My name is Kevin!'
 
print "Here's my name: ", myVar[11:16]
 

The output is,

 
'
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Here's my name:  Kevin
 

Negative Indexing to access substrings

If you want to begin slicing from the end of the string, use Negative Indexing. Let us see an example:

 
str = "This is Demo Text"
print("String = ",str)
 
# Negative Indexing
print("Accessing substring with negative indexing...")
print(str[-4:-2])
print(str[-6:-2])
print(str[-7:-5])
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is Demo Text
Accessing substring with negative indexing...
Te
o Te
mo
 

Accessing a Character in Python Strings

Access a Character from Python Strings is quite easy. Let’s say you only want to access substring “s“, for
that, we use square brackets. In some programming languages like C, C++, etc, we have a character
type. Under Python Strings, we do not have character type, so strings of length one is considered a
character.

For accessing a string character,

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myVar = 'My name is Kevin!'
 
print "Character is: ", myVar[9]
 

The output is,

 
Character is: s
 

Escape Characters in Python Strings

The escape characters are used to insert characters, which are not allowed. Use backslash \, since it is
used as an escape character. Follow it by the character to be inserted.

Following are the escape characters used in Python:

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Let us now see some examples of the Escape Characters in Python:

Examples of Escape Characters in Python

Following is an example displaying the usage of Escape Characters in Python:

 
## Escape Characters
 
# Form Feed
str = "This is \fDemo Text"
print("String = ",str)
 
# Octal Notation
str = '\110'
print("Octal Notation = ",str)
 
# Hexadecimal Notation
str = '\x57'
print("Hexadecimal Notation = ",str)
 
# Tab Notation
str = 'Demo\tText'
print("Hexadecimal Notation = ",str)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is Demo Text
Octal Notation = H
Hexadecimal Notation = W
Hexadecimal Notation = Demo      Text
 

Concatenate String in Python

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Use the + operator to concatenate String in Python. Let us see an example:

 
## Concatenate Strings
 
# String1
str1 = "Money"
print("String 1 = ",str1)
 
# String2
str2 = "Heist"
print("String 2 = ",str2)
 
# concat
res = str1 + str2
 
print("Complete String = ",res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String 1 = Money
String 2 = Heist
Complete String = MoneyHeist
 

String Operators
Python Strings comes with special Operators. Below are these operators, let’s say, we have two variables,
with values:

 
X = Study
Y = Now
 

Following are the String operators:

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Python Built-in String Methods

Let us work on Python Strings Methods:

Python capitalize() method

The capitalize() method in Python as the name suggests is used to capitalize (uppercase) only the first
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The capitalize() method in Python, as the name suggests, is used to capitalize (uppercase) only the first
letter of  sentence. Let us see an example:

 
# capitalize method
 
str = "captain philips"
print("Initial string = ",str);
 
res = str.capitalize()
 
print("Updated string = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
Initial string =  captain philips
Updated string =  Captain philips
 

Let us see another example to implement the capitalize() method:

 
# capitalize method
 
str = "rON wEASLEY"
print("Initial string = ",str);
 
res = str.capitalize()
 
print("Updated string = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
Initial string =  rON wEASLEY
Updated string =  Ron Weasley
 

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Python casefold() method

The casefold() method in Python is used to convert a string into lowercase. Let us see an example:

 
# casefold method
 
str = "CAPTAIN PHILIPS"
print("Initial string = ",str);
 
res = str.casefold()
 
print("Updated string = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
Initial string =  CAPTAIN PHILIPS
Updated string =  captain philips
 

Let us see another example to implement the casefold() method:

 
# casefold method
 
str = "Gilderoy Lockhart"
print("Initial string = ",str);
 
res = str.casefold()
 
print("Updated string = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
Initial string =  Gilderoy Lockhart
Updated string =  gilderoy lockhart
 

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Python center() method

The center() method in Python is used to align a string centrally. You can also use any character as a fill
character each size, but this is optional. The syntax is as follows:

 
string.center(len, char)
 

Above, len is the length of the string, whereas, char is the character to filled on left and right side.

Let us see an example to implement the center() method:

 
# center method
 
str = "DEMO"
print("Initial string = ",str);
 
res = str.center(10,"#")
 
print("Updated string = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
Initial string =  DEMO
Updated string =  ###DEMO###
 

Let us see another example to implement the center() method:

 
# center method
 
str = "TEST0.1"
print("Initial string = ",str);
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print( Initial string = ,str);
 
res = str.center(10,"$")
 
print("Updated string = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
Initial string =  TEST0.1
Updated string =  $TEST0.1$$
 

Python count() method

The count() method in Python is used to search for a specific value and its count of appearance in the
string. The syntax is as follows:

 
string.count(str, begn, end)
 

Above, str is the string, begn is the position to start the search and end is the position to end.

Let us see an example to implement the count() method on Python:

 
# count method
 
str = "This is one."
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.count("This",0, 15)
print("Count of specific value = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

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String =  This is one.
Count of specific value =  1
 

Let us now see another example to implement the count() method:

 
# count method
 
str = "This is demo. This is another demo."
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.count("This")
print("Count of specific value = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  This is demo. This is another demo.
Count of specific value =  2
 

Python encode() method

The encode() method in Python encodes the string. Default is UTF-8. Let us see an example:

 
# encode method
 
str = "This is årea."
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.encode()
print("Encoded String = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

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String =  This is årea.
Encoded String =  b'This is \xc3\xa5rea.'
 

Python find() method

The find() method in Python is used to search for the occurrence of a specific letter in a string. The syntax
is as follows:

 
string.find(str, begin, end)
 

Above, str is the string to be searched for, begin is where to start the search and end is where the search
ends. Let us see an example:

 
# find method
 
str = "This is first text."
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.find("text")
 
print("The string has a specific value at position = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is first text.
The string has a specific value at position = 14
 

Let us see another example to implement the find() method:

 
# find method
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# find method
 
str = "This is first text. This is second text"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.find("text", 20, 40)
print("The string has a specific value at position = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is first text. This is second text
The string has a specific value at position = 35
 

Python endswith() method

The endswith() method in Python is used to check for a string. If this string ends with the specified value,
TRUE is returned, else False. The syntax is as follows:

 
string.endswith(str, begin, end)
 

Above, str is the value to be checked if the string ends with, begin is the position where the search start,
whereas end is where the search ends.

Let us see an example to implement the endswith() method:

 
# endswith method
 
str = "This is demo text. This is demo text2"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.endswith("text2")
print("The string ends with a specific value = ",res);
 
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The output is as follows:

 
String = This is demo text. This is demo text2
The string ends with a specific value = True
 

Let us see another example of the endswith() method:

 
# endswith method
 
str = "This is demo text. This is demo text2"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.endswith("text2", 7, 15)
print("The string ends with a specific value from position 7 to 15 = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is demo text. This is demo text2
The string ends with a specific value from position 7 to 15 =  False
 

Python expandtabs() method

The expandtabs() method in Python is used to set the tab size. The default tab size, which we all must
have used is 8. To set a different tab size i.e. number of whitespaces, use the expandtabs().

Let us see an example, wherein we will set the tab size as the parameter if the expandtabs() method:

 
# expandtabs method
 
str = "D\te\tm\to\t"
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print("Initial string (with default tab size 8) = ",str.expandtabs());
 
print("String (with tab size 2) = ",str.expandtabs(2));
print("String (with tab size 4) = ",str.expandtabs(4));
 

The output is as follows:

 
Initial string (with default tab size (8) = D       e       m       o      
String (with tab size 2) = D e m o
String (with tab size 4) = D   e   m   o
 

Let us see another example to implement the expandtabs() method:

 
# expandtabs method
 
str = "Test\tTest2"
 
print("String (with tab size 10) = ",str.expandtabs(10));
print("String (with tab size 0) = ",str.expandtabs(0));
 

The output is as follows:

 
String (with tab size 10) = Test      Test2
String (with tab size 0) =  TestTest2
 

Python index() method

Use the index() method in Python to find the index of the first occurrence of a specific value. Let us see
the syntax:

 
string.index(str, begin, end)
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Above, str is the value to be searched, begin is where the search begins and end is where it ends.

Let us now see an example of index() method in Python:

 
# index method
 
str = "This is first text."
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.index("i")
print("The first occurrence of the specific value found at index = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is first text.
The first occurrence of the specific value found at index = 2
 

Let us see another example of index() method with search beginning from a specific index:

 
# index method
 
str = "This is first text."
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.index("i", 3, 10)
print("The first occurrence of the specific value found at index beginning from index 3 = ",res
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is first text.
The first occurrence of the specific value found at index beginning from index 3 = 5
 
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Python isalnum() method

The isalnum() method in Python returns TRUE, if all the characters in the string are alphanumeric, else
FALSE is returned.

Let us see an example of the isalnum() method:

 
# isalnum method
 
str = "JamesBond007"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isalnum()
print("Are all the characters in the string alphanumeric = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = JamesBond007
Are all the characters in the string alphanumeric = True
 

Let us see another example to implement the isalnum() method in Python:

 
# isalnum method
 
str = "$$$$###55KP"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isalnum()
 
print("Are all the characters in the string alphanumeric = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

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String =  $$$$###55KP
Are all the characters in the string alphanumeric =  False
 

Python isalpha() method

The isalpha() method in Python returns TRUE, if all the characters in the string are alphabet, else FALSE
is returned.

Let us see an example of the isalpha() method:

 
# isalpha method
 
str1 = "JamesBond007"
print("String1 = ",str1);
 
res = str1.isalnum()
print("Are all the characters in String1 alphanumeric = ",res);
 
str2 = "TomCruise"
print("String2 = ",str2);
 
res = str2.isalpha()
print("Are all the characters in String2 alphabets = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String1 = JamesBond007
Are all the characters in String1 alphanumeric = True
String2 = TomCruise
Are all the characters in String2 alphabets = True
 

Let us see another example to implement the isalpha() method:

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# isalpha method
 
str1 = "@@Jack"
print("String1 = ",str1);
 
res = str1.isalnum()
print("Are all the characters in String1 alphanumeric = ",res);
 
str2 = "$$$$$K"
print("String2 = ",str2);
 
res = str2.isalpha()
print("Are all the characters in String2 alphabets = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String1 =  @@Jack
Are all the characters in String1 alphanumeric =  False
String2 =  $$$$$K
Are all the characters in String2 alphabets =  False
 

Python isdecimal() method

The isdecimal() method in Python returns TRUE, if all the characters in the string are decimals, else
FALSE is returned.

Let us see an example of the isdecimal() method:

 
# isdecimal method
 
str = "u0042"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isalnum()
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print("Are all the characters in String (Unicode) are decimal = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  u0042
Are all the characters in String (Unicode) are decimal =  True
 

Python isdigit() method

The isdigit() method in Python returns TRUE, if all characters in the string are digits, else FALSE is
returned.

Let us see an example of the isdigit() method:

 
# isdigit method
 
str = "47890"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isdigit()
print("Are all the characters in String are digits = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  47890
Are all the characters in String are digits = True
 

Let us see another example of the isdigit() method:

 
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str = "demo666"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isdigit()
print("Are all the characters in String are digits = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  demo666
Are all the characters in String are digits = False
 

Python isidentifier() method

The isidentifier() method in Python returns TRUE, if the string is an identifier, else FALSE is returned.

Note: Valid identifier doesn’t begin with a number. It doesn’t even include spaces. However, a string is a
valid identifier, if it includes (a-z), (0-9), or (_).

Let us see an example of the isidentifier() method:

 
# isidentifier method
 
str = "demo666"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isidentifier()
print("Is the string, a valid identifier = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = demo666
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String =  demo666
Is the string, a valid identifier =  True
 

Let us see another example to implement isidentifier() method:

 
# isidentifier method
 
str = "38768"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isidentifier()
print("Is the string, a valid identifier = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  38768
Is the string, a valid identifier =  False
 

Python islower() method

The islower() method in Python returns TRUE, if all the characters in the string are lowercase, else FALSE
is returned.

Let us see an example of the islower() method:

 
# islower method
 
str = "jackryan"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.islower()
print("Are all the characters in the string lowercase = ",res);
 

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The output is as follows:

 
String =  jackryan
Are all the characters in the string lowercase =  True
 

Let us see another example to implement the islower() method:

 
# islower method
 
str = "JackRyan"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.islower()
print("Are all the characters in the string lowercase = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  JackRyan
Are all the characters in the string lowercase =  False
 

Python isnumeric() method

The isnumeric() method in Python returns TRUE, if all the characters in the string are numeric, else
FALSE is returned.

Let us see an example of the isnumeric() method:

 
# isnumeric method
 
str = "987987"
print("String = ",str);
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res = str.isnumeric()
print("Are all the characters in the string numeric = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  987987
Are all the characters in the string numeric =  True
 

Let us now see another example to implement the isnumeric() method:

 
# isnumeric method
 
str = "Sylvester"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isnumeric()
print("Are all the characters in the string numeric = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  Sylvester
Are all the characters in the string numeric =  False
 

Python isprintable() method

The isprintable() method in Python returns TRUE, if all the characters in the string are alphabet, else
FALSE is returned.

Let us see an example of the isprintable() method:

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# isprintable method
 
str = "Sylvester"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isprintable()
print("Are all the characters in the string printable = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  Sylvester
Are all the characters in the string printable =  True
 

Let us see another example to implement the isprintable() method:

 
# isprintable method
 
str = "Sylvester\tStallone"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isprintable()
print("Are all the characters in the string printable = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  Sylvester Stallone
Are all the characters in the string printable =  False
 

Python isspace() method

The isspace() method in Python returns TRUE, if all the characters in the string are whitespaces, else
FALSE is returned.
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Let us see an example of the isspace() method:

 
# isspace method
 
str = "  "
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isspace()
print("Are all the characters in the string whitespace = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =    
Are all the characters in the string whitespace =  True
 

Let us see another example to implement the isspace() method:

 
# isspace method
 
str = "One  Two     Three"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isspace()
print("Are all the characters in the string whitespace = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  One  Two     Three
Are all the characters in the string whitespace =  False
 

Python istitle() method

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The istitle() method in Python eturns TRUE, if all the string considers the rules of a title (i.e. uppercase
title), else FALSE is returned. Uppercase titles, example, “Demo Text”, “Mark”, etc.

Let us see an example of the istitle() method:

 
# istitle method
 
str = "Mark"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.istitle()
print("Is the string considers the Uppercase title rule = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  Mark
Is the string considers the Uppercase title rule =  True
 

Let us see another example to implement the istitle() method:

 
# istitle method
 
str = "demo text"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.istitle()
print("Is the string considers the Uppercase title rule = ",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  demo text
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Is the string considers the Uppercase title rule =  False
 

Python isupper()method
The isupper() method in Python returns TRUE, if all the characters in the string are uppercase, else
FALSE is returned.

Let us see an example of the isupper() method:

 
# isupper
 
str = "MARK RUFFALO"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isupper()
print("Are all the characters in the string uppercase =",res);
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = MARK RUFFALO
Are all the characters in the string uppercase = True
 

Let us see another example to implement the isupper() method:

 
# isupper
 
str = "demo TEXT"
print("String = ",str);
 
res = str.isupper()
print("Are all the characters in the string uppercase =",res);
 

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The output is as follows:

 
String =  demo TEXT
Are all the characters in the string uppercase = False
 

Python join() method

The join() method in Python join is used to join the iterable elements to the end of the string. Containers,
such as Tuple, String, Dictionary, etc. are iterables in Python.

Let us see an example of the join() method, wherein we have Dictionary iterable, returning keys:

 
# join method
 
dict = {"id": "S01", "name": "Frank"}
print("Dictionary = ",dict)
 
# set separator
sep = "AAA"
 
res = sep.join(dict)
print("Dictionary iterable =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
Dictionary =  {'name': 'Frank', 'id': 'S01'}
Dictionary iterable = nameAAAid
 

Let us see an example of the Strings iterable with Python join():

 
# join method
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str = {"Frank", "Shaun", "Scarlett", "Morgan"}
print("String = ",str)
 
# set separator
sep = "$$"
 
res = sep.join(str)
print("String iterable =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = {'Scarlett', 'Shaun', 'Frank', 'Morgan'}
String iterable = Scarlett$$Shaun$$Frank$$Morgan
 

Python lower() method

The lower() method in Python is used to convert the uppercase letters in the string to lowercase.

Let us see an example of the lower() method:

 
# lower method
 
str = "The Walking Dead"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.lower()
 
print("Updated String with all letters in lowercase =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  The Walking Dead
Updated String with all letters in lowercase = the walking dead
 
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Let us see another example to implement the lower() method in Python:

 
# lower method
 
str = "STRANGER THINGS"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.lower()
 
print("Updated String =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = STRANGER THINGS
Updated String = stranger things
 

Python lstrip() method

The lstrip() method in Python is used to remove characters from the left of the string. Default is
whitespace. The syntax is as follows:

 
lstrip(ch)
 

Above, the parameter ch are the characters to be trimmed.

Let us see an example of the lstrip() method:

 
# lstrip method
 
str = "######STRANGER THINGS"
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st S G GS
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.lstrip("#")
 
print("Updated String =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =       TRUE DETECTIVE
Updated String = TRUE DETECTIVE
 

Python replace() method

The replace() method in Python is used to replace a value with another. The syntax is as follows:

 
replace(old, new, count)
 

Above, old is the value to be searched, new is the value to be replaced with old, and count is how many
occurrences of the old value to be replaced.

Let us see another example:

 
# replace method
 
str = "This is demo. This is another demo"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.replace("demo", "test", 2)
 
print("Updated String =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

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The output is as follows:

 
String = This is demo. This is another demo
Updated String = This is test. This is another test
 

Let us see another example to implement the replace() method:

 
# replace method
 
str = "This is demo."
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.replace("demo", "example")
 
print("Updated String =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  This is demo.
Updated String = This is example.
 

Python rfind() method

The rfind() method in Python is used to find the last occurrence of a value from a string. The syntax is as
follows:

 
rfind(val, begin, end)
 

Above, val is the value to be searched, begin is from where the search begins, and end is where it ends.

Let us see an example to implement the rfind() method:

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Let us see an example to implement the rfind() method:

 
# rfind method
 
str = "This is demo. This is another demo"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.rfind("demo")
 
print("Position of Last occurrence of a specific value =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is demo. This is another demo
Position of Last occurrence of a specific value = 30
 

Let us see another example to implement the rfind() method:

 
# rfind method
 
str = "This is demo. This is another demo. Yet another demo."
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.rfind("demo")
 
print("Position of Last occurrence a specific value =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is demo. This is another demo. Yet another demo.
Position of Last occurrence a specific value = 48
 

Python rindex()method
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The rindex() method in Python is used to get the index of the last occurrence of a specific value. The
syntax is as follows:

 
rindex(val, begin, end)
 

Above, val is the value to be searched, begin is from where the search begins, and end is where it ends.

Note: rindex() is the same as rfind()

Let us see an example to implement the rindex() method in Python:

 
# rindex method
 
str = "This is test. This is another test"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.rindex("test")
 
print("Position of Last occurrence of a specific value =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is test. This is another test
Position of Last occurrence of a specific value = 30
 

Let us see another example to implement the rindex() method:

 
# rindex method
 
str = "Test test test test test test test test"
print("String = " str)
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print( String = ,str)
 
res = str.rindex("test")
 
print("Position of Last occurrence of a specific value =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  Test test test test test test test test
Position of Last occurrence of a specific value = 35
 

Python rjust() method

The rjust() method in Python is used to right align the string and fill characters to the left. The syntax is as
follows:

 
rjust(len, chars)
 

Above, len is the total length of the string to be returned, whereas chars are the characters to be files on
the left.

Let us see an example to implement the rjust() method in Python:

 
# rjust method
 
str = "American Vandal"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.rjust(25, "A")
 
print(res)
 

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The output is as follows:

 
String =  American Vandal
AAAAAAAAAAAmerican Vandal
 

Let us see another example to implement the rjust() method:

 
# rjust method
 
str = "American"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.rjust(15, "A")
 
print(res, "Vandal")
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  American
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAmerican Vandal
 

Python rsplit() method

The rsplit() method in Python is used to split a string, beginning from the right. A list is returned. The
syntax is as follows:

 
rsplit(sep, split)
 

Above, sep is the separator used while splitting, and split is the number of splits to be performed. If you
won’t mention anything, that would mean “all occurrences”.
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won t mention anything, that would mean all occurrences .

Let us see an example to implement the rsplit() method in Python:

 
# rsplit method
 
str = "Football, Archery, Cricket, Squash, Hockey, Volleyball"
print("String = ",str)
 
# split returns a list with 2 elements
res = str.rsplit(", ", 2)
 
print(res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = Football, Archery, Cricket, Squash, Hockey, Volleyball
['Football, Archery, Cricket, Squash', 'Hockey', 'Volleyball']
 

Note: Above, since we mentioned 2 as a parameter for split, the output is two elements i.e.:

 
Element 1: 'Football, Archery, Cricket, Squash'
Element 2: 'Hockey', 'Volleyball'
 

Let us see another example to implement the rsplit() method in Python:

 
# rsplit method
 
str = "Football, Archery, Cricket, Squash, Hockey, Volleyball"
print("String = ",str)
 
# return a comma separated list
res = str.rsplit(", ")
 
print(res)
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print(res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = Football, Archery, Cricket, Squash, Hockey, Volleyball
['Football', 'Archery', 'Cricket', 'Squash', 'Hockey', 'Volleyball']
 

Python rstrip() method

The rstrip() method in Python is used to remove characters from the right of the string. Default is
whitespace. The syntax is as follows:

 
rstrip(ch)
 

Above, the parameter ch are the characters to be trimmed.

Let us see an example of the rstrip() method:

 
# rstrip method
 
str = "STRANGER THINGS#######"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.rstrip("#")
 
print("Updated String =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = STRANGER THINGS#######
Updated String = STRANGER THINGS
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Updated String = STRANGER THINGS
 

Let us see another example to implement the rstrip() method and remove whitespace from the right:

 
# rstrip method
 
str = "TRUE DETECTIVE                 "
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.rstrip()
 
print("Updated String =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = TRUE DETECTIVE      
Updated String = TRUE DETECTIVE
 

Python split() method

The split() method in Python is used to split a string into a list. You can also set the separator. Whitespace
is the default separator. The syntax is as follows:

 
split(sep, split)
 

Above, sep is the separator used while splitting, and split is the number of splits to be performed. If you
won’t mention anything, that would mean “all occurrences”.

Let us see an example to implement the split() method in Python:

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# split method
 
str = "Money Heist", "13 Reasons Why", "Stranger Things"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.split(", ")
 
print("Result =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  ('Money Heist', '13 Reasons Why', 'Stranger Things')
 

Let us see another example of the split() method, wherein 2 elements are returned after split:

 
# split method
 
str = "One$$Two$$Three$$Four"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.split("$$",1)
 
print("Result =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  One$$Two$$Three$$Four
Result = ['One', 'Two$$Three$$Four']
 

Note: Above, since we mentioned 2 as a parameter for split, the output is two elements i.e.:

 
Element 1: 'One'
Element 2: 'Two$$Three$$Four'
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Python splitlines() method

The splitlines() method in Python is used to split a string into list. You can also set option to allow line
breaks or not. The syntax is as follows:

 
string.plitlines(linebrk)
 

Above, linebrk is a boolean value to set whether to allow line breaks or not.

Let us see an example to implement the splitlines() method:

 
# splitlines method
 
str = "One\nTwo\nThree\nFour"
 
res = str.splitlines(True)
 
print("Result =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
Result = ['One\n', 'Two\n', 'Three\n', 'Four']
 

Let us see another example to implement the splitlines() method:

 
# splitlines method
 
str = "One\nTwo\nThree\nFour"
 
res = str splitlines(True)
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res = str.splitlines(True)
 
print("Result =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
Result = ['One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Four']
 

Let us see another example to implement the splitlines() method:

 
# splitlines method
 
str = "One\nTwo\nThree\nFour"
 
res = str.splitlines(False)
 
print("Result =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
Result = ['One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Four']
 

Python startswith() method

The startswith() method in Python returns TRUE, if string begins with a particular value., else FALSE is
returned. The syntax is as follows:

 
string.startswith(val, begin, end)
 

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begins, and end is the position where the search ends.

Let us see an example to implement the startswith() method in Python:

 
# startswith method
 
str = "This is demo. This is another demo."
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.startswith("other", 15, 25)
 
print("Does any word begin with other =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is demo. This is another demo.
Does any word begin with other = False
 

Let us see another example to implement the startswith() method:

 
# startswith method
 
str = "This is demo. This is another demo."
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.startswith("an", 22, 30)
 
print("Does any word begin with the an =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is demo. This is another demo.
Does any word begin with the an = True
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Python swapcase() method

The swapcase() method in Python is used swap the case i.e. convert lowercase to uppercase, and vice
versa.

Let us see an example to implement the swapcase() method in Python:

 
# swapcase method
 
str = "This is demo. This is another demo."
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.swapcase()
 
print("Case Swapped =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = This is demo. This is another demo.
Case Swapped = tHIS IS DEMO. tHIS IS ANOTHER DEMO.
 

Let us see another example to implement the swapcase() method in Python:

 
# swapcase method
 
str = "STRANGER THINGS"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.swapcase()
 
print("Case Swapped =", res)
 

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The output is as follows:

 
String = STRANGER THINGS
Case Swapped = stranger things
 

Python title() method

The title() method in Python is used to convert the first letter of every work lettercase i.e. title, heading,
etc.

Let us see an example to implement the title() method in Python:

 
# title method
 
str = "STRANGER THINGS"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.title()
 
print("Updated String =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = STRANGER THINGS
Updated Strings = Stranger Things
 

Let us see another example to implement the title() method:

 
# title method
 
str = "demo text"
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str = demo text
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.title()
 
print("Updated String =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = demo text
Updated String = Demo Text
 

Python upper() method

Use the upper() method in Python to convert the lowercase letters in the string to uppercase.

Let us see an example of the upper() method:

 
# upper method
 
str = "The Walking Dead"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.upper()
 
print("Updated String with all letters in uppercase now =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = The Walking Dead
Updated String with all letters in uppercase now = THE WALKING DEAD
 

Let us see another example to implement the upper() method in Python:

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# upper method
 
str = "demo text"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.upper()
 
print("Updated String with all letters in uppercase now =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String = demo text
Updated String with all letters in uppercase now = DEMO TEXT
 

Python zfill() method

The zfill() method in Python is use to fill zeros in the beginning of the string. The syntax is as follows:

 
zfill(len)
 

Above, the parameter len is the total length of the string including the zero fill.

Let us see an example to implement the zfill() method in Python:

 
# zfill method
 
str = "Wow!"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.zfill(7)
 
print("Updated String with zero fill =", res)
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The output is as follows:

 
String = Wow!
Updated String with zero fill = 000Wow!
 

Let us see another example to implement the zfill() method:

 
# zfill method
 
str = "155.898"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.zfill(15)
 
print("Updated String with zero fill =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  155.898
Updated String with zero fill = 00000000155.898
 

Python strip() method

The strip() method in Python is used to remove spaces from the beginning and end of a string. The syntax
is as follows:

 
string.strip(ch)
 

Above, the parameter ch are the set of characters to be removed from the beginning and end of the string.
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Let us see an example to implement the strip() method in Python:

 
# strip method
 
str = "      10.50  "
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.strip()
 
print("Updated String by removing leading and trailing whitespaces =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =        10.50  
Updated String by removing leading and trailing whitespaces = 10.50
 

Let us see another example to implement the strip() method in Python and removing leading and trailing
characters:

 
# strip method
 
str = "$,...jack...$"
print("String = ",str)
 
res = str.strip("$,.")
 
print("Updated String by removing leading and trailing characters =", res)
 

The output is as follows:

 
String =  $,...jack...$
Updated String by removing leading and trailing characters = jack
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