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Checking whether a string starts with XXXX
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Closed 5 years ago.
To detect whether a python string ends with a particular substring, say ".txt", there is a convenient built-in python string method;
if file_string.endswith(".txt"):
I would like to to detect whether a python string begins with a particular substring, say "begin_like_this". I am not able find a convenient method that I can use like this;
if file_string.beginswith("begin_like_this"):
I am using Python 3.6.
You're looking for str.startswith
if file_string.startswith("begin_like_this"):
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Convert regular Python string to raw string
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I wrote a function in Python that takes a file path as an argument. Ideally, I would like to 'concatenate' an r at the beginning to escape the characters, and turn it into r"C:\User\name\location".
I am having trouble finding any solutions- are there any modules to help with this?
You do not require any modifications to the function at all.
def f(path):
...
...
f(r"C:\User\name\location")
The "r" you referred to would be used to form the string that you pass to the function. A string is a string, it does not matter how you form it, but Python offers you different ways of doing so e.g.:
f("C:\\User\\name\\location")
By the time the function is passed the string, the string has already been formed. It now makes no difference how it was formed, only that it has all of the correct characters in all the correct places!
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Use Python Match object in string with backreferences
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Regex in python: is it possible to get the match, replacement, and final string?
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Closed 3 years ago.
What is an example usage of Match.expand ? It doesn't give any examples in the python docs (which is the first I've heard of the method), and only states:
Match.expand(template)
Return the string obtained by doing backslash substitution on the template string template, as done by the sub() method.
How would this actually be used and how could it be useful?
you can find more explanations and examples here:
match.expand
In general:
it allows you to expand the match you have found and modify its' prefix
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Why doesn't calling a string method (such as .replace or .strip) modify (mutate) the string?
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Closed 3 years ago.
I am new to Python and stack overflow. How do I use the count and capitalize functions for my strings? The app I am learning from appears to have this mixed up because it dosen't work in vscode.
It seems like the capitalize function call is ignored. What am I doing wrong? If someone could tell me how to use the count function as well I have the same problem. The app I learn from is called Programminz.
This is Python 3
practice = "CaPITalIzE mE proPerLy"
practice.capitalize()
print(practice)
string_name.capitalize()
string_name: It is the name of string of
whose first character we want
to capitalize.
Try to use :
string = "CaPITalIzE mE proPerLy"
capitalized_string = string.capitalize()
print('Old String: ', string)
print('Capitalized String:', capitalized_string)
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Python string count not working properly? [duplicate]
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Closed 4 years ago.
when executing the command in python
str="BANANA"
print(str.count("ANA"))
give answer as 1.
but real answer would be 2. how to solve this
It's true that this might be misleading most tutorial sites say that count returns the number of occurences in the string, it should actually say it returns the nnumber of non-overlapping occurences in the string
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How can I get the next string, in alphanumeric ordering, in Python?
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Closed 6 years ago.
If Python has an implementation of Ruby's next method? I mean something what works exactly the same as in Ruby, so if I type e.g. "z".next it will return "aa" (instead of just next sign in ascii table), "az".next will return "ba" and so on.
I don't believe there is a built-in method for this in Python. A similar question was asked on How can I get the next string, in alphanumeric ordering, in Python? and the accepted answer gives a solution.