On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Chapters 2 and 3 of the library reference are highly recommended. >> http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html > > Let's start from there. I need the startswith() function, but I do not > know it's name. I search for "strings" and find this: > 4. String Services > * 4.1 string -- Common string operations > o 4.1.3 String functions
You went too far. Look at 3.6 (Sequence types) and 3.6.1 (String Methods). Those document operations that work on all types of sequences and the methods of the string type. That's 99% of what you'll need to know about python strings. Kent was pretty specific about looking at chapter two and three of the library reference. Why did you start with chapter four instead? > But on that page, this is all there is: > """ > The following functions are available to operate on string and Unicode > objects. They are not available as string methods. ... > So Python has only two string functions? That's what it looks like. There are only two (non-deprecated) functions in the string module. > > Thanks, Kent. I will be a nuisance! Is there any place to suggest > improvements to the docs? I see on the python.org site it is suggested > to email website bugs to the site admin. Does that go for the docs? I > am not the one to improve them at this time, as I am unfamiliar with > the language, but I could report usability issues such as that > mentioned here. I believe that doc bugs (and suggestions for improvements) are tracked on the python bug tracker (http://bugs.python.org/). If you're going to submit doc patches, you may want to take a look at http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/ which I believe is the beta of the new documentation layout for python 3.0. I'm not sure how much the actual contents have changed from the 2.x docs though. I notice that the section on the string module does now refer you back to the methods of string and sequences in general, which the current docs do not. -- Jerry _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
