# [ Python String Methods ] ( CheatSheet )

1. Case Conversion

● lower: str.lower()
● upper: str.upper()
● capitalize: str.capitalize()
● title: str.title()
● swapcase: str.swapcase()
● casefold: str.casefold()

2. Checking Content

● isalpha: str.isalpha()
● isdigit: str.isdigit()
● isnumeric: str.isnumeric()
● isalnum: str.isalnum()
● isspace: str.isspace()
● istitle: str.istitle()
● islower: str.islower()
● isupper: str.isupper()
● isdecimal: str.isdecimal()
● isidentifier: str.isidentifier()
● isprintable: str.isprintable()

3. Searching and Replacing

● startswith: str.startswith(substring)
● endswith: str.endswith(substring)
● count: str.count(substring)
● find: str.find(substring)
● index: str.index(substring)
● rfind: str.rfind(substring)
● rindex: str.rindex(substring)
● replace: str.replace(old, new[, count])

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4. Character and Substring Manipulation

● strip: str.strip([chars])
● rstrip: str.rstrip([chars])
● lstrip: str.lstrip([chars])
● split: str.split([sep[, maxsplit]])
● rsplit: str.rsplit([sep[, maxsplit]])
● partition: str.partition(sep)
● rpartition: str.rpartition(sep)
● join: separator.join(iterable)
● expandtabs: str.expandtabs(tabsize)
● center: str.center(width[, fillchar])
● ljust: str.ljust(width[, fillchar])
● rjust: str.rjust(width[, fillchar])
● zfill: str.zfill(width)

5. Text Formatting

● format: str.format(*args, **kwargs)

● format_map: str.format_map(mapping)
● encode: str.encode(encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')
● translate: str.translate(table)

6. Escape Characters

● Escape Single Quote: 'Don\\'t'

● Escape Double Quote: "He said, \"Hello\""
● Newline: 'Hello\\nWorld'
● Tab: 'Hello\\tWorld'
● Backslash: 'Use \\\\ to represent backslash'

7. Regular Expressions

● re.match: re.match(pattern, string)

● re.search: re.search(pattern, string)
● re.findall: re.findall(pattern, string)
● re.finditer: re.finditer(pattern, string)

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 ● re.sub: re.sub(pattern, repl, string)
● re.compile: regex = re.compile(pattern)

8. Working with Whitespace

● Remove Leading Whitespace: str.lstrip()

● Remove Trailing Whitespace: str.rstrip()
● Remove Both Leading and Trailing Whitespace: str.strip()
● Split Lines: str.splitlines([keepends])

9. String Testing

● Check for Substring: 'substring' in str

● Check for Absence of Substring: 'substring' not in str
● Check String Equality: str1 == str2
● Check String Inequality: str1 != str2

10. String Information

● Length of String: len(str)

● Minimum Character: min(str)
● Maximum Character: max(str)

11. String Literals

● Raw String: r'raw\string'

● Multiline String: '''Line 1\nLine 2'''
● Concatenation: 'Hello ' + 'World'
● Repetition: 'Repeat ' * 3

12. Advanced String Formatting

● String Interpolation (f-strings): f'Hello, {name}!'

● String Template: from string import Template; t = Template('Hello,
$name!'); t.substitute(name='World')

13. Unicode Handling

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 ● Unicode String: 'unicode string'
● Encode Unicode: 'str'.encode('utf-8')
● Decode Byte to String: b'byte'.decode('utf-8')

14. String Conversion

● String to List: 'str'.split()

● List to String: ''.join(['s', 't', 'r'])
● String to Int: int('42')
● String to Float: float('4.2')

15. Slice and Dice

● Substring Extraction: 'string'[start:end]

● Reverse String: 'string'[::-1]
● Skip Characters while Slicing: 'string'[start:end:step]

16. String Iteration

● Iterate over Characters: [char for char in 'string']

● Enumerate Characters: [(i, char) for i, char in
enumerate('string')]

17. String Comparison

● Lexicographical Comparison: str1 < str2

● Case-Insensitive Comparison: str1.lower() == str2.lower()

18. String Memory and Identity

● String Identity (is): str1 is str2

● String Identity (is not): str1 is not str2

19. Debugging Strings

● Printable Representation: repr('str\n')

20. String Methods with Keywords

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 ● startswith with Tuple of Prefixes: 'string'.startswith(('s', 'st'))
● endswith with Tuple of Suffixes: 'string'.endswith(('g', 'ng'))

21. String Methods and ASCII

● Get ASCII Value of Character: ord('a')

● Get Character from ASCII Value: chr(97)

22. String Constants

● String of ASCII Letters: string.ascii_letters

● String of ASCII Lowercase Letters: string.ascii_lowercase
● String of ASCII Uppercase Letters: string.ascii_uppercase
● String of Digits: string.digits
● String of Hexadecimal Digits: string.hexdigits
● String of Octal Digits: string.octdigits
● String of Punctuation: string.punctuation
● String of Printable Characters: string.printable
● String of Whitespace Characters: string.whitespace

23. String Parsing and Extraction

● Extract Substring by Index: 'string'[1:4]

● Extract Last n Characters: 'string'[-n:]
● Extract First n Characters: 'string'[:n]

24. Checking String Characteristics

● Check if String is All Lowercase: 'string'.islower()

● Check if String is All Uppercase: 'string'.isupper()
● Check if String is Capitalized (First letter uppercase, rest
lowercase): 'string'.istitle()

25. String Mutability

● Immutable Nature of Strings: s = 'string'; s = 'new' + s[5:]

● Creating a New String from the Old One: new_s = s[:5] + 'new' +
s[8:]

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26. Converting Between Strings and Lists

● Splitting a String into a List of Words: 'The quick brown

fox'.split()
● Joining a List of Words into a String: ' '.join(['The', 'quick',
'brown', 'fox'])

27. Cleaning Strings

● Removing Leading and Trailing Spaces: ' string '.strip()

● Removing Leading Spaces Only: ' string '.lstrip()
● Removing Trailing Spaces Only: ' string '.rstrip()

28. Aligning Strings

● Left Align String: 'string'.ljust(10)

● Right Align String: 'string'.rjust(10)
● Center Align String: 'string'.center(10)

29. String Repetition and Concatenation

● Repeating Strings: 'string' * 3

● Concatenating Strings: 'string1' + 'string2'

30. String Interpolation (Advanced Formatting)

● Old Style (% operator): 'Hello %s' % ('World',)

● New Style (.format): 'Hello {}'.format('World')

31. String Escape Sequences

● New Line: print('line1\\nline2')

● Tab: print('column1\\tcolumn2')
● Backslash: print('Backslash: \\\\')

32. String Literals (Advanced)

● Byte String: b'byte string'

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 ● Raw String (suppresses escape sequence processing):
r'raw\string\n'

33. String Unpacking

● Unpacking Characters into Variables: a, b, c = 'abc'

34. Dealing with Quotes in Strings

● Single Quotes Inside Double Quotes: "That's a quote"

● Double Quotes Inside Single Quotes: 'He said, "Hello"'

35. String Documentation (Docstrings)

● Triple-Quoted Multiline Strings as Docstrings: """This is a

docstring"""

36. String Encoding/Decoding

● Encoding a String: 'string'.encode('utf-8')

● Decoding Bytes to String: b'string'.decode('utf-8')

37. String Memory Interning

● Interning Strings: sys.intern('string')

38. Making a String "Safe" for Filenames or URLs

● Escape for URL: urllib.parse.quote('string')

● Safe Filenames: re.sub(r'[^\w\s-]', '', 'string').strip().lower()

39. Multi-Line Strings

● Define Multi-Line String: '''Line 1\nLine 2'''

40. Text Wrapping and Filling

● Text Wrapping: textwrap.wrap('long string', width=50)

● Text Filling: textwrap.fill('long string', width=50)

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