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# module 'string' -- A collection of string operations
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# Warning: most of the code you see here isn't normally used nowadays. With
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# Python 1.6, many of these functions are implemented as methods on the
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# standard string object. They used to be implemented by a built-in module
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# called strop, but strop is now obsolete itself.
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"""Common string manipulations.
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Public module variables:
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whitespace -- a string containing all characters considered whitespace
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lowercase -- a string containing all characters considered lowercase letters
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uppercase -- a string containing all characters considered uppercase letters
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letters -- a string containing all characters considered letters
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digits -- a string containing all characters considered decimal digits
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hexdigits -- a string containing all characters considered hexadecimal digits
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octdigits -- a string containing all characters considered octal digits
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# Some strings for ctype-style character classification
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whitespace = ' \t\n\r\v\f'
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lowercase = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
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uppercase = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
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letters = lowercase + uppercase
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hexdigits = digits + 'abcdef' + 'ABCDEF'
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octdigits = '01234567'
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# Case conversion helpers
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for i in range(256): _idmap = _idmap + chr(i)
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# Backward compatible names for exceptions
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index_error = ValueError
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atoi_error = ValueError
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atof_error = ValueError
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atol_error = ValueError
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# convert UPPER CASE letters to lower case
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Return a copy of the string s converted to lowercase.
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# Convert lower case letters to UPPER CASE
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Return a copy of the string s converted to uppercase.
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# Swap lower case letters and UPPER CASE
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"""swapcase(s) -> string
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Return a copy of the string s with upper case characters
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converted to lowercase and vice versa.
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# Strip leading and trailing tabs and spaces
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Return a copy of the string s with leading and trailing
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# Strip leading tabs and spaces
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"""lstrip(s) -> string
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Return a copy of the string s with leading whitespace removed.
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# Strip trailing tabs and spaces
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"""rstrip(s) -> string
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Return a copy of the string s with trailing whitespace
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# Split a string into a list of space/tab-separated words
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def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=0):
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"""split(str [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
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Return a list of the words in the string s, using sep as the
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delimiter string. If maxsplit is nonzero, splits into at most
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maxsplit words If sep is not specified, any whitespace string
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is a separator. Maxsplit defaults to 0.
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(split and splitfields are synonymous)
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return s.split(sep, maxsplit)
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# Join fields with optional separator
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def join(words, sep = ' '):
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"""join(list [,sep]) -> string
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Return a string composed of the words in list, with
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intervening occurrences of sep. The default separator is a
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(joinfields and join are synonymous)
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return sep.join(words)
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# for a little bit of speed
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# Find substring, raise exception if not found
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"""index(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
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Like find but raises ValueError when the substring is not found.
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return _apply(s.index, args)
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# Find last substring, raise exception if not found
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def rindex(s, *args):
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"""rindex(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
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Like rfind but raises ValueError when the substring is not found.
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return _apply(s.rindex, args)
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# Count non-overlapping occurrences of substring
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"""count(s, sub[, start[,end]]) -> int
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Return the number of occurrences of substring sub in string
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s[start:end]. Optional arguments start and end are
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interpreted as in slice notation.
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return _apply(s.count, args)
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# Find substring, return -1 if not found
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"""find(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> in
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Return the lowest index in s where substring sub is found,
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such that sub is contained within s[start,end]. Optional
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arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
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Return -1 on failure.
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return _apply(s.find, args)
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# Find last substring, return -1 if not found
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"""rfind(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
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Return the highest index in s where substring sub is found,
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such that sub is contained within s[start,end]. Optional
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arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
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Return -1 on failure.
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return _apply(s.rfind, args)
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_StringType = type('')
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# Convert string to float
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Return the floating point number represented by the string s.
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if type(s) == _StringType:
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raise TypeError('argument 1: expected string, %s found' %
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# Convert string to integer
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"""atoi(s [,base]) -> int
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Return the integer represented by the string s in the given
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base, which defaults to 10. The string s must consist of one
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or more digits, possibly preceded by a sign. If base is 0, it
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is chosen from the leading characters of s, 0 for octal, 0x or
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0X for hexadecimal. If base is 16, a preceding 0x or 0X is
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raise TypeError('function requires at least 1 argument: %d given' %
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# Don't catch type error resulting from too many arguments to int(). The
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# error message isn't compatible but the error type is, and this function
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# is complicated enough already.
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if type(s) == _StringType:
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return _apply(_int, args)
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raise TypeError('argument 1: expected string, %s found' %
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# Convert string to long integer
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"""atol(s [,base]) -> long
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Return the long integer represented by the string s in the
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given base, which defaults to 10. The string s must consist
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of one or more digits, possibly preceded by a sign. If base
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is 0, it is chosen from the leading characters of s, 0 for
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octal, 0x or 0X for hexadecimal. If base is 16, a preceding
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0x or 0X is accepted. A trailing L or l is not accepted,
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raise TypeError('function requires at least 1 argument: %d given' %
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# Don't catch type error resulting from too many arguments to long(). The
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# error message isn't compatible but the error type is, and this function
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# is complicated enough already.
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if type(s) == _StringType:
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return _apply(_long, args)
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raise TypeError('argument 1: expected string, %s found' %
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# Left-justify a string
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"""ljust(s, width) -> string
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Return a left-justified version of s, in a field of the
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specified width, padded with spaces as needed. The string is
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# Right-justify a string
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"""rjust(s, width) -> string
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Return a right-justified version of s, in a field of the
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specified width, padded with spaces as needed. The string is
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def center(s, width):
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"""center(s, width) -> string
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Return a center version of s, in a field of the specified
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width. padded with spaces as needed. The string is never
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# This ensures that center(center(s, i), j) = center(s, j)
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return ' '*half + s + ' '*(n-half)
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# Zero-fill a number, e.g., (12, 3) --> '012' and (-3, 3) --> '-03'
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# Decadent feature: the argument may be a string or a number
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# (Use of this is deprecated; it should be a string as with ljust c.s.)
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"""zfill(x, width) -> string
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Pad a numeric string x with zeros on the left, to fill a field
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of the specified width. The string x is never truncated.
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if type(x) == type(''): s = x
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if n >= width: return s
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if s[0] in ('-', '+'):
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sign, s = s[0], s[1:]
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return sign + '0'*(width-n) + s
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# Expand tabs in a string.
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# Doesn't take non-printing chars into account, but does understand \n.
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def expandtabs(s, tabsize=8):
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"""expandtabs(s [,tabsize]) -> string
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Return a copy of the string s with all tab characters replaced
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by the appropriate number of spaces, depending on the current
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column, and the tabsize (default 8).
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c = ' '*(tabsize - len(line) % tabsize)
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# Character translation through look-up table.
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def translate(s, table, deletions=""):
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"""translate(s,table [,deletechars]) -> string
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Return a copy of the string s, where all characters occurring
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in the optional argument deletechars are removed, and the
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remaining characters have been mapped through the given
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translation table, which must be a string of length 256.
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return s.translate(table, deletions)
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# Capitalize a string, e.g. "aBc dEf" -> "Abc def".
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"""capitalize(s) -> string
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Return a copy of the string s with only its first character
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return s.capitalize()
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# Capitalize the words in a string, e.g. " aBc dEf " -> "Abc Def".
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# See also regsub.capwords().
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def capwords(s, sep=None):
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"""capwords(s, [sep]) -> string
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Split the argument into words using split, capitalize each
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word using capitalize, and join the capitalized words using
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join. Note that this replaces runs of whitespace characters by
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return join(map(capitalize, s.split(sep)), sep or ' ')
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# Construct a translation string
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def maketrans(fromstr, tostr):
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"""maketrans(frm, to) -> string
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Return a translation table (a string of 256 bytes long)
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suitable for use in string.translate. The strings frm and to
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must be of the same length.
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if len(fromstr) != len(tostr):
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raise ValueError, "maketrans arguments must have same length"
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_idmapL = map(None, _idmap)
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fromstr = map(ord, fromstr)
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for i in range(len(fromstr)):
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L[fromstr[i]] = tostr[i]
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# Substring replacement (global)
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def replace(s, old, new, maxsplit=0):
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"""replace (str, old, new[, maxsplit]) -> string
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Return a copy of string str with all occurrences of substring
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old replaced by new. If the optional argument maxsplit is
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given, only the first maxsplit occurrences are replaced.
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return s.replace(old, new, maxsplit)
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# If string objects do not have methods, then we need to use the old string.py
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# library, which uses strop for many more things than just the few outlined
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except AttributeError:
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from stringold import *
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# Try importing optional built-in module "strop" -- if it exists,
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# it redefines some string operations that are 100-1000 times faster.
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# It also defines values for whitespace, lowercase and uppercase
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# that match <ctype.h>'s definitions.
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from strop import maketrans, lowercase, uppercase, whitespace
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letters = lowercase + uppercase
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pass # Use the original versions