Python String Methods with Examples

capitalize()

Returns a copy of the string with its first character capitalized.

Examples:

"hello world".capitalize() # Output: "Hello world"

casefold()

Returns a casefolded copy of the string. Casefolded strings are suitable for caseless comparisons.

Examples:

"HELLO".casefold() # Output: "hello"

"ß".casefold() # Output: "ss"

center()

Returns a centered string of a specified width.

Examples:

"hello".center(10) # Output: " hello "

"python".center(20, "-") # Output: "-------python-------"

count()

Returns the number of occurrences of a substring in the string.

Examples:

"banana".count("a") # Output: 3

"hello world".count("o", 5, 11) # Output: 1

encode()

Encodes the string using the specified encoding.

Examples:

"hello".encode() # Output: b'hello'

endswith()

Returns True if the string ends with the specified suffix.

Examples:

"python".endswith("on") # Output: True

"hello".endswith("he") # Output: False

expandtabs()

Replaces tab characters with spaces, using a specified tab size.

Examples:

"abc".expandtabs(4) # Output: "a b c"

find()

Returns the lowest index of the substring if found; otherwise, -1.

Examples:

"hello".find("e") # Output: 1

"hello".find("x") # Output: -1

format()

Formats the string using placeholders.

Examples:

"My name is {}.".format("Eshan") # Output: "My name is Eshan."

"{0} + {1} = {2}".format(2, 3, 5) # Output: "2 + 3 = 5"

index()

Returns the lowest index of the substring; raises an exception if not found.

Examples:

"hello".index("e") # Output: 1
"hello".index("x") # Raises ValueError

isalnum()

Returns True if all characters in the string are alphanumeric.

Examples:

"abc123".isalnum() # Output: True

"abc 123".isalnum() # Output: False

isalpha()

Returns True if all characters in the string are alphabetic.

Examples:

"hello".isalpha() # Output: True

"hello123".isalpha() # Output: False

isdigit()

Returns True if all characters in the string are digits.

Examples:

"12345".isdigit() # Output: True

"123abc".isdigit() # Output: False

islower()

Returns True if all characters in the string are lowercase.

Examples:

"hello".islower() # Output: True

"Hello".islower() # Output: False

isnumeric()

Returns True if all characters in the string are numeric.

Examples:
"123".isnumeric() # Output: True

"½".isnumeric() # Output: True

"abc".isnumeric() # Output: False

isspace()

Returns True if all characters in the string are whitespace.

Examples:

" ".isspace() # Output: True

"hello".isspace() # Output: False

istitle()

Returns True if the string follows title case.

Examples:

"Hello World".istitle() # Output: True

"hello world".istitle() # Output: False

isupper()

Returns True if all characters in the string are uppercase.

Examples:

"HELLO".isupper() # Output: True

"Hello".isupper() # Output: False

join()

Concatenates elements of an iterable with the string as separator.

Examples:

"-".join(["a", "b", "c"]) # Output: "a-b-c"

"".join(["1", "2", "3"]) # Output: "123"

ljust()
Left-aligns the string using a specified width.

Examples:

"hello".ljust(10) # Output: "hello "

"world".ljust(10, "-") # Output: "world-----"

lower()

Returns a copy of the string in lowercase.

Examples:

"HELLO".lower() # Output: "hello"

lstrip()

Removes leading whitespace from the string.

Examples:

" hello".lstrip() # Output: "hello"

"--world--".lstrip("-") # Output: "world--"

partition()

Splits the string at the first occurrence of the separator.

Examples:

"hello world".partition(" ") # Output: ("hello", " ", "world")

"hello".partition("x") # Output: ("hello", "", "")

replace()

Replaces occurrences of a substring with another substring.

Examples:

"banana".replace("a", "o") # Output: "bonono"

"apple".replace("p", "b", 1) # Output: "abble"

rfind()
Returns the highest index of the substring if found; otherwise, -1.

Examples:

"hello".rfind("l") # Output: 3

"hello".rfind("x") # Output: -1

rindex()

Returns the highest index of the substring; raises an exception if not found.

Examples:

"hello".rindex("l") # Output: 3

"hello".rindex("x") # Raises ValueError

rjust()

Right-aligns the string using a specified width.

Examples:

"hello".rjust(10) # Output: " hello"

"world".rjust(10, "-") # Output: "-----world"

rstrip()

Removes trailing whitespace from the string.

Examples:

"hello ".rstrip() # Output: "hello"

"--world--".rstrip("-") # Output: "--world"

split()

Splits the string at the specified separator.

Examples:

"a,b,c".split(",") # Output: ["a", "b", "c"]

"hello world".split() # Output: ["hello", "world"]

Splits the string at line breaks.

Examples:

"hello\nworld".splitlines() # Output: ["hello", "world"]

startswith()

Returns True if the string starts with the specified prefix.

Examples:

"python".startswith("py") # Output: True

"hello".startswith("he") # Output: True

strip()

Removes leading and trailing whitespace from the string.

Examples:

" hello ".strip() # Output: "hello"

"--world--".strip("-") # Output: "world"

swapcase()

Swaps case for all characters in the string.

Examples:

"Hello".swapcase() # Output: "hELLO"

title()

Converts the string to title case.

Examples:

"hello world".title() # Output: "Hello World"

translate()

Returns a string where specified characters are replaced.

"hello".translate({ord("h"): "y", ord("o"): "a"}) # Output: "yella"

upper()

Returns a copy of the string in uppercase.

Examples:

"hello".upper() # Output: "HELLO"

zfill()

Fills the string with zeros to the specified width.

Examples:

"42".zfill(5) # Output: "00042"