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Python String Methods Cheat Sheet

This document is a cheat sheet for Python string methods, listing 47 methods along with their descriptions and examples. Each method is designed to perform specific operations on strings, such as capitalization, formatting, and substring manipulation. The methods include functionalities like counting substrings, checking character types, and modifying string cases.

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Python String Methods Cheat Sheet

This document is a cheat sheet for Python string methods, listing 47 methods along with their descriptions and examples. Each method is designed to perform specific operations on strings, such as capitalization, formatting, and substring manipulation. The methods include functionalities like counting substrings, checking character types, and modifying string cases.

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■ Python String Methods Cheat Sheet (47 Total)

Method Description Example

capitalize() Capitalize first letter "hello".capitalize() → "Hello"

casefold() Aggressive lowercase "HELLOß".casefold() → "helloß"

center() Center string "hi".center(6,"-") → "--hi--"

count() Count substring "banana".count("a") → 3

encode() Encode to bytes "hi".encode() → b'hi'

endswith() Check ending "hello".endswith("lo") → True

expandtabs() Replace tabs with spaces "a\tb".expandtabs(4) → "a b"

find() Find substring index "hello".find("e") → 1

format() String formatting "{} + {}".format(2,3) → "2 + 3"

format_map() Format with dict "{x}".format_map({"x":10}) → "10"

index() Find index (error if not found) "hi".index("i") → 1

isalnum() Letters/digits only? "abc123".isalnum() → True

isalpha() Alphabet only? "abc".isalpha() → True

isascii() ASCII only? "abc".isascii() → True

isdecimal() Decimal only? "123".isdecimal() → True

isdigit() Digits only? "²3".isdigit() → True

isidentifier() Valid Python name? "var1".isidentifier() → True

islower() Lowercase only? "hello".islower() → True

isnumeric() Numeric only? "■".isnumeric() → True

isprintable() Printable only? "hi".isprintable() → True

isspace() Whitespace only? " ".isspace() → True

istitle() Title case? "Hello World".istitle() → True

isupper() Uppercase only? "HELLO".isupper() → True

join() Join iterable ",".join(["a","b"]) → "a,b"

ljust() Left justify "hi".ljust(5,"-") → "hi---"

lower() Lowercase "HI".lower() → "hi"

lstrip() Trim left spaces " hi".lstrip() → "hi"

maketrans() Mapping for translate() [Link]('ab','12')

partition() Split into 3 parts "a-b".partition("-") → ("a","-","b")

removeprefix() Remove prefix "unhappy".removeprefix("un") → "happy"

removesuffix() Remove suffix "flying".removesuffix("ing") → "fly"

replace() Replace substring "hi hi".replace("hi","hey") → "hey hey"

rfind() Find last occurrence "banana".rfind("a") → 5

rindex() Last index (error if not found) "banana".rindex("a") → 5


rjust() Right justify "hi".rjust(5,"-") → "---hi"

rpartition() Right split into 3 parts "a-b-c".rpartition("-") → ("a-b","-","c")

rsplit() Split from right "a,b,c".rsplit(",",1) → ["a,b","c"]

rstrip() Trim right spaces "hi ".rstrip() → "hi"

split() Split string "a b c".split() → ["a","b","c"]

splitlines() Split by lines "a\nb".splitlines() → ["a","b"]

startswith() Check start "hello".startswith("he") → True

strip() Trim both sides " hi ".strip() → "hi"

swapcase() Swap case "HeLLo".swapcase() → "hEllO"

title() Title case "hello world".title() → "Hello World"

translate() Replace using maketrans() "abc".translate([Link]("ab","12")) → "12c"

upper() Uppercase "hi".upper() → "HI"

zfill() Pad with zeros "7".zfill(3) → "007"

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