The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of string
manipulation operations. Here's an overview:
string |
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Common string operations. |
re |
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Regular expression search and match operations with a
Perl-style expression syntax. |
struct |
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Interpret strings as packed binary data. |
difflib |
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Helpers for computing differences between objects. |
StringIO |
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Read and write strings as if they were files. |
cStringIO |
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Faster version of StringIO, but not
subclassable. |
textwrap |
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Text wrapping and filling |
codecs |
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Encode and decode data and streams. |
encodings.idna |
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Internationalized Domain Names implementation |
encodings.utf-8-sig |
|
UTF-8 codec with BOM signature |
unicodedata |
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Access the Unicode Database. |
stringprep |
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String preparation, as per RFC 3453 |
fpformat |
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General floating point formatting functions. |