__builtin__.unicode

Module __builtin__ :: Class unicode

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Type unicode

object --+    
         |    
basestring --+
             |
            unicode

unicode(string [, encoding[, errors]]) -> object

Create a new Unicode object from the given encoded string. encoding defaults to the current default string encoding. errors can be 'strict', 'replace' or 'ignore' and defaults to 'strict'.

Method Summary
	`__add__(x, y)` x.__add__(y) <==> x+y
	`__cmp__(x, y)` x.__cmp__(y) <==> cmp(x,y)
	`__contains__(x, y)` x.__contains__(y) <==> y in x
	`__getattribute__(...)` x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name
	`__getitem__(x, y)` x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y]
	`__getnewargs__(...)`
	`__getslice__(x, i, j)` Use of negative indices is not supported.
	`__hash__(x)` x.__hash__() <==> hash(x)
	`__len__(x)` x.__len__() <==> len(x)
	`__mod__(x, y)` x.__mod__(y) <==> x%y
	`__mul__(x, n)` x.__mul__(n) <==> x*n
	`__new__(T, S, ...)` T.__new__(S, ...) -> a new object with type S, a subtype of T
	`__repr__(x)` x.__repr__() <==> repr(x)
	`__rmod__(x, y)` x.__rmod__(y) <==> y%x
	`__rmul__(x, n)` x.__rmul__(n) <==> n*x
	`__str__(x)` x.__str__() <==> str(x)
	`capitalize(S)` Return a capitalized version of S, i.e.
	`center(S, width, fillchar)` Return S centered in a Unicode string of length width.
	`count(S, sub, start, end)` Return the number of occurrences of substring sub in Unicode string S[start:end].
	`decode(S, encoding, errors)` Decodes S using the codec registered for encoding.
	`encode(S, encoding, errors)` Encodes S using the codec registered for encoding.
	`endswith(S, suffix, start, end)` Return True if S ends with the specified suffix, False otherwise.
	`expandtabs(S, tabsize)` Return a copy of S where all tab characters are expanded using spaces.
	`find(S, sub, start, end)` Return the lowest index in S where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained within s[start,end].
	`index(S, sub, start, end)` Like S.find() but raise ValueError when the substring is not found.
	`isalnum(S)` Return True if all characters in S are alphanumeric and there is at least one character in S, False otherwise.
	`isalpha(S)` Return True if all characters in S are alphabetic and there is at least one character in S, False otherwise.
	`isdecimal(S)` Return True if there are only decimal characters in S, False otherwise.
	`isdigit(S)` Return True if all characters in S are digits and there is at least one character in S, False otherwise.
	`islower(S)` Return True if all cased characters in S are lowercase and there is at least one cased character in S, False otherwise.
	`isnumeric(S)` Return True if there are only numeric characters in S, False otherwise.
	`isspace(S)` Return True if all characters in S are whitespace and there is at least one character in S, False otherwise.
	`istitle(S)` Return True if S is a titlecased string and there is at least one character in S, i.e.
	`isupper(S)` Return True if all cased characters in S are uppercase and there is at least one cased character in S, False otherwise.
	`join(S, sequence)` Return a string which is the concatenation of the strings in the sequence.
	`ljust(S, width, fillchar)` Return S left justified in a Unicode string of length width.
	`lower(S)` Return a copy of the string S converted to lowercase.
	`lstrip(S, chars)` Return a copy of the string S with leading whitespace removed.
	`replace(...)` S.replace (old, new[, maxsplit]) -> unicode
	`rfind(S, sub, start, end)` Return the highest index in S where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained within s[start,end].
	`rindex(S, sub, start, end)` Like S.rfind() but raise ValueError when the substring is not found.
	`rjust(S, width, fillchar)` Return S right justified in a Unicode string of length width.
	`rsplit(S, sep, maxsplit)` Return a list of the words in S, using sep as the delimiter string, starting at the end of the string and working to the front.
	`rstrip(S, chars)` Return a copy of the string S with trailing whitespace removed.
	`split(S, sep, maxsplit)` Return a list of the words in S, using sep as the delimiter string.
	`splitlines(...)` S.splitlines([keepends]]) -> list of strings
	`startswith(S, prefix, start, end)` Return True if S starts with the specified prefix, False otherwise.
	`strip(S, chars)` Return a copy of the string S with leading and trailing whitespace removed.
	`swapcase(S)` Return a copy of S with uppercase characters converted to lowercase and vice versa.
	`title(S)` Return a titlecased version of S, i.e.
	`translate(S, table)` Return a copy of the string S, where all characters have been mapped through the given translation table, which must be a mapping of Unicode ordinals to Unicode ordinals, Unicode strings or None.
	`upper(S)` Return a copy of S converted to uppercase.
	`zfill(S, width)` Pad a numeric string x with zeros on the left, to fill a field of the specified width.
Inherited from `object`: `__init__`, `__delattr__`, `__reduce__`, `__reduce_ex__`, `__setattr__`

Method Details

add(x, y)
(Addition operator)

x.__add__(y) <==> x+y

Returns:

x+y

cmp(x, y)
(Comparison operator)

x.__cmp__(y) <==> cmp(x,y)

Returns:

cmp(x,y)

contains(x, y)
(In operator)

x.__contains__(y) <==> y in x

Returns:

y in x

getattribute(...)

x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name

Overrides:: __builtin__.object.__getattribute__

getitem(x, y)
(Indexing operator)

x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y]

Returns:

x[y]

getslice(x, i, j)
(Slicling operator)

Use of negative indices is not supported.

Returns:

x[i:j]

hash(x)
(Hashing function)

x.__hash__() <==> hash(x)

Returns:

hash(x)

Overrides:: __builtin__.object.__hash__

len(x)
(Length operator)

x.__len__() <==> len(x)

Returns:

len(x)

mod(x, y)

x.__mod__(y) <==> x%y

Returns:

x%y

mul(x, n)

x.__mul__(n) <==> x*n

Returns:

x*n

new(T, S, ...)

T.__new__(S, ...) -> a new object with type S, a subtype of T

Returns:

a new object with type S, a subtype of T

Overrides:: __builtin__.basestring.__new__

repr(x)
(Representation operator)

x.__repr__() <==> repr(x)

Returns:

repr(x)

Overrides:: __builtin__.object.__repr__

rmod(x, y)

x.__rmod__(y) <==> y%x

Returns:

y%x

rmul(x, n)

x.__rmul__(n) <==> n*x

Returns:

n*x

str(x)
(Informal representation operator)

x.__str__() <==> str(x)

Returns:

str(x)

Overrides:: __builtin__.object.__str__

capitalize(S)

Return a capitalized version of S, i.e. make the first character have upper case.

Returns:

unicode

center(S, width, fillchar=...)

Return S centered in a Unicode string of length width. Padding is done using the specified fill character (default is a space)

Returns:

unicode

count(S, sub, start=..., end=...)

Return the number of occurrences of substring sub in Unicode string S[start:end]. Optional arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.

Returns:

int

decode(S, encoding=..., errors=...)

Decodes S using the codec registered for encoding. encoding defaults to the default encoding. errors may be given to set a different error handling scheme. Default is 'strict' meaning that encoding errors raise a UnicodeDecodeError. Other possible values are 'ignore' and 'replace' as well as any other name registerd with codecs.register_error that is able to handle UnicodeDecodeErrors.

Returns:

string or unicode

encode(S, encoding=..., errors=...)

Encodes S using the codec registered for encoding. encoding defaults to the default encoding. errors may be given to set a different error handling scheme. Default is 'strict' meaning that encoding errors raise a UnicodeEncodeError. Other possible values are 'ignore', 'replace' and 'xmlcharrefreplace' as well as any other name registered with codecs.register_error that can handle UnicodeEncodeErrors.

Returns:

string or unicode

endswith(S, suffix, start=..., end=...)

Return True if S ends with the specified suffix, False otherwise. With optional start, test S beginning at that position. With optional end, stop comparing S at that position.

Returns:

bool

expandtabs(S, tabsize=...)

Return a copy of S where all tab characters are expanded using spaces. If tabsize is not given, a tab size of 8 characters is assumed.

Returns:

unicode

find(S, sub, start=... , end=...)

Return the lowest index in S where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained within s[start,end]. Optional arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.

Return -1 on failure.

Returns:

int

index(S, sub, start=... , end=...)

Like S.find() but raise ValueError when the substring is not found.

Returns:

int

isalnum(S)

Return True if all characters in S are alphanumeric and there is at least one character in S, False otherwise.

Returns:

bool

isalpha(S)

Return True if all characters in S are alphabetic and there is at least one character in S, False otherwise.

Returns:

bool

isdecimal(S)

Return True if there are only decimal characters in S, False otherwise.

Returns:

bool

isdigit(S)

Return True if all characters in S are digits and there is at least one character in S, False otherwise.

Returns:

bool

islower(S)

Return True if all cased characters in S are lowercase and there is at least one cased character in S, False otherwise.

Returns:

bool

isnumeric(S)

Return True if there are only numeric characters in S, False otherwise.

Returns:

bool

isspace(S)

Return True if all characters in S are whitespace and there is at least one character in S, False otherwise.

Returns:

bool

istitle(S)

Return True if S is a titlecased string and there is at least one character in S, i.e. upper- and titlecase characters may only follow uncased characters and lowercase characters only cased ones. Return False otherwise.

Returns:

bool

isupper(S)

Return True if all cased characters in S are uppercase and there is at least one cased character in S, False otherwise.

Returns:

bool

join(S, sequence)

Return a string which is the concatenation of the strings in the sequence. The separator between elements is S.

Returns:

unicode

ljust(S, width, fillchar=...)

Return S left justified in a Unicode string of length width. Padding is done using the specified fill character (default is a space).

Returns:

int

lower(S)

Return a copy of the string S converted to lowercase.

Returns:

unicode

lstrip(S, chars=...)

Return a copy of the string S with leading whitespace removed. If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead. If chars is a str, it will be converted to unicode before stripping

Returns:

unicode

replace(...)

S.replace (old, new[, maxsplit]) -> unicode

Return a copy of S with all occurrences of substring old replaced by new. If the optional argument maxsplit is given, only the first maxsplit occurrences are replaced.

rfind(S, sub, start=... , end=...)

Return the highest index in S where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained within s[start,end]. Optional arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.

Return -1 on failure.

Returns:

int

rindex(S, sub, start=... , end=...)

Like S.rfind() but raise ValueError when the substring is not found.

Returns:

int

rjust(S, width, fillchar=...)

Return S right justified in a Unicode string of length width. Padding is done using the specified fill character (default is a space).

Returns:

unicode

rsplit(S, sep=... , maxsplit=...)

Return a list of the words in S, using sep as the delimiter string, starting at the end of the string and working to the front. If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit splits are done. If sep is not specified, any whitespace string is a separator.

Returns:

list of strings

rstrip(S, chars=...)

Return a copy of the string S with trailing whitespace removed. If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead. If chars is a str, it will be converted to unicode before stripping

Returns:

unicode

split(S, sep=... , maxsplit=...)

Return a list of the words in S, using sep as the delimiter string. If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit splits are done. If sep is not specified or is None, any whitespace string is a separator.

Returns:

list of strings

splitlines(...)

S.splitlines([keepends]]) -> list of strings

Return a list of the lines in S, breaking at line boundaries. Line breaks are not included in the resulting list unless keepends is given and true.

startswith(S, prefix, start=..., end=...)

Return True if S starts with the specified prefix, False otherwise. With optional start, test S beginning at that position. With optional end, stop comparing S at that position.

Returns:

bool

strip(S, chars=...)

Return a copy of the string S with leading and trailing whitespace removed. If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead. If chars is a str, it will be converted to unicode before stripping

Returns:

unicode

swapcase(S)

Return a copy of S with uppercase characters converted to lowercase and vice versa.

Returns:

unicode

title(S)

Return a titlecased version of S, i.e. words start with title case characters, all remaining cased characters have lower case.

Returns:

unicode

translate(S, table)

Return a copy of the string S, where all characters have been mapped through the given translation table, which must be a mapping of Unicode ordinals to Unicode ordinals, Unicode strings or None. Unmapped characters are left untouched. Characters mapped to None are deleted.

Returns:

unicode

upper(S)

Return a copy of S converted to uppercase.

Returns:

unicode

zfill(S, width)

Pad a numeric string x with zeros on the left, to fill a field of the specified width. The string x is never truncated.

Returns:

unicode

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Type unicode

__add__(x, y) (Addition operator)

__cmp__(x, y) (Comparison operator)

__contains__(x, y) (In operator)

__getattribute__(...)

__getitem__(x, y) (Indexing operator)

__getslice__(x, i, j) (Slicling operator)

__hash__(x) (Hashing function)

__len__(x) (Length operator)

__mod__(x, y)

__mul__(x, n)

__new__(T, S, ...)

__repr__(x) (Representation operator)

__rmod__(x, y)

__rmul__(x, n)

__str__(x) (Informal representation operator)

capitalize(S)

center(S, width, fillchar=...)

count(S, sub, start=..., end=...)

decode(S, encoding=..., errors=...)

encode(S, encoding=..., errors=...)

endswith(S, suffix, start=..., end=...)

expandtabs(S, tabsize=...)

find(S, sub, start=... , end=...)

index(S, sub, start=... , end=...)

isalnum(S)

isalpha(S)

isdecimal(S)

isdigit(S)

islower(S)

isnumeric(S)

isspace(S)

istitle(S)

isupper(S)

join(S, sequence)

ljust(S, width, fillchar=...)

lower(S)

lstrip(S, chars=...)

replace(...)

rfind(S, sub, start=... , end=...)

rindex(S, sub, start=... , end=...)

rjust(S, width, fillchar=...)

rsplit(S, sep=... , maxsplit=...)

rstrip(S, chars=...)

split(S, sep=... , maxsplit=...)

splitlines(...)

startswith(S, prefix, start=..., end=...)

strip(S, chars=...)

swapcase(S)

title(S)

translate(S, table)

upper(S)

zfill(S, width)

add(x, y)
(Addition operator)

cmp(x, y)
(Comparison operator)

contains(x, y)
(In operator)

getattribute(...)

getitem(x, y)
(Indexing operator)

getslice(x, i, j)
(Slicling operator)

hash(x)
(Hashing function)

len(x)
(Length operator)

mod(x, y)

mul(x, n)

new(T, S, ...)

repr(x)
(Representation operator)

rmod(x, y)

rmul(x, n)

str(x)
(Informal representation operator)