Python string functions

Created by lucrussell

Learn and memorize Python string functions flashcards with fun flashcard games! Learning is more fun with games.

- zfill(width)
- Pads a numeric string on the left with zeros
- upper()
- Convert to uppercase
- translate(table[, deletechars])
- Map characters through the given translation table
- title()
- Return a titlecased version of the string: words start with uppercase characters, all remaining...
- swapcase()
- Return a copy of the string with uppercase characters converted to lowercase and vice versa
- strip([chars])
- Return a copy of the string with the leading and trailing characters removed
- startswith(prefix[, start[, end]])
- Return True if string starts with the prefix, otherwise return False
- splitlines([keepends])
- Return a list of the lines in the string, breaking at line boundaries
- split([sep [,maxsplit]])
- Return a list of the words in the string, using sep as the delimiter string
- rstrip([chars])
- Return a copy of the string with trailing characters removed
- rsplit([sep [,maxsplit]])
- Return a list of the words in the string, using sep as the delimiter string
- rpartition(sep)
- Split the string at the last occurrence of sep
- rjust(width[, fillchar])
- Return the string right justified in a string of length width. Padding is done using the specif...
- rindex(sub[, start[, end]])
- Like rfind() but raises ValueError when the substring sub is not found
- rfind(sub [,start [,end]])
- Return the highest index in the string where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained...
- replace(old, new[, count])
- Return a copy of the string with all occurrences of substring old replaced by new
- partition(sep)
- Split the string at the first occurrence of sep, and return a 3-tuple containing the part befor...
- lstrip([chars])
- Return a copy of the string with leading characters removed. The chars argument is a string spe...
- lower()
- Return a copy of the string converted to lowercase
- ljust(width[, fillchar])
- Return is left justified in a string of length width. Padding is done using the specified fillc...
- join(seq)
- Concatenate the strings in the sequence seq
- isupper()
- True if all cased characters in the string are uppercase and there is at least one cased charac...
- istitle()
- True if the string is a titlecased string and there is at least one character
- isspace()
- True if there are only whitespace characters in the string and there is at least one character
- islower()
- True if all cased characters in the string are lowercase and there is at least one cased charac...
- isdigit()
- True if all characters in the string are digits and there is at least one character
- isalpha()
- True if all characters in the string are alphabetic and there is at least one character
- isalnum()
- True if all characters in the string are alphanumeric and there is at least one character
- index(sub[, start[, end]])
- Like find(), but raise ValueError when the substring is not found
- find(sub[, start[, end]])
- Return the lowest index in the string where substring sub is found

Love this deck? You should save it here!

Can you beat your friends on

Python string functions? Prove it!

challenge friends

Average score
Perfect scores