Aug 31, 2016 · And just for completeness, Java is like Python in that the String.substring () method takes start and one-past-end. This one just bit me hard, I had assumed it was length like every other …

What does += do in Python? I also would appreciate links to definitions of other shorthand tools in Python.

Dec 14, 2010 · For handling multiple strings in a list, see How to concatenate (join) items in a list to a single string. See How do I put a variable’s value inside a string (interpolate it into the string)? if …

May 21, 2012 · Note that the % method is not depreciated in Python 3.6. It will continue to be supported in lieu of its similarity to c, c++, etc. str.format() and f-strings are preferred but not enforced.

%s indicates a conversion type of string when using Python's string formatting capabilities. More specifically, %s converts a specified value to a string using the str() function.

There are two types of string in Python 2: the traditional str type and the newer unicode type. If you type a string literal without the u in front you get the old str type which stores 8-bit characters, and with the …

lstrip, rstrip and strip remove characters from the left, right and both ends of a string respectively. By default they remove whitespace characters (space, tabs, linebreaks, etc)

158 Assuming you're using Python's logging module, you can pass the string formatting arguments as arguments to the .debug() method rather than doing the formatting yourself:

Sep 17, 2012 · For handling a few strings in separate variables, see How do I append one string to another in Python?. For the opposite process - creating a list from a string - see How do I split a …

Does Python have something like an empty string variable where you can do: if myString == string.empty: Regardless, what's the most elegant way to check for empty string values? I find hard …