Core Python Programming (2nd Edition)

string.split(str="", num=string.count(str)) Splits string according to delimiter str (space if
not provided) and returns list of substrings; split
into at most num substrings if given
string.splitlines(num=string.count('\n')) [b] [c] Splits string at all (or num) NEWLINEs and returns
,
a list of each line with NEWLINEs removed
string.startswith(obj, beg=0, end=len(string))
[b] , [e]
Determines if string or a substring of string (if
starting index beg and ending index end are
given) starts with obj where obj is typically a
string; if obj is a tuple, then any of the strings in
that tuple; returns true if so, and False otherwise
string.strip([obj]) Performs both lstrip() and rstrip() on string
string.swapcase() Inverts case for all letters in string
string.title() [b] [c] Returns "titlecased" version of string, that is, all
,
words begin with uppercase, and the rest are
lowercase (also see istitle())
string.translate(str, del="") Translates string according to translation table
str (256 chars), removing those in the del string
string.upper() Converts lowercase letters in string to uppercase
string.zfill(width) Returns original string left-padded with zeros to
a total of width characters; intended for numbers,
zfill() retains any sign given (less one zero)
[a] Applicable to Unicode strings only in 1.6, but to all string types in 2.0.
[b] Not available as a string module function in 1.5.2.
[e] New or updated in Python 2.5.
[c] New in Jython 2.1.
[d] Applicable to Unicode strings only.
Some examples of using string methods:
>>> quest = 'what is your favorite color?'
>>> quest.capitalize()
'What is your favorite color?'
>>>
>>> quest.center(40)
' what is your favorite color? '
>>>
>>> quest.count('or')
2
>>>
>>> quest.endswith('blue')
False