6. String Services — Python v3.2.6 documentation
The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of string manipulation operations.
In addition, Python’s built-in string classes support the sequence type methods described in the Sequence Types — str, bytes, bytearray, list, tuple, range section, and also the string-specific methods described in the String Methods section. To output formatted strings, see the String Formatting section. Also, see the re module for string functions based on regular expressions.
- 6.1. string — Common string operations
- 6.2. re — Regular expression operations
- 6.3. struct — Interpret bytes as packed binary data
- 6.4. difflib — Helpers for computing deltas
- 6.5. textwrap — Text wrapping and filling
- 6.6. codecs — Codec registry and base classes
- 6.7. unicodedata — Unicode Database
- 6.8. stringprep — Internet String Preparation