On 10/24/05, Shi Mu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got confused by the following information from the help for "FIND":
> find(s, *args)
> find(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> in
Hello Shi Mu,
this is the help for the function find in the string module, which is
slightly out of date. Better you use the string method find:
###
s = ""
help(s.find)
find(...)
S.find(sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
###
so the "in" is simply a typo. find returns an "int" not an "in".
"*args" is the arbitrary number of arguments notation:
http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html#SECTION006730000000000000000
which might be misleading and is replaced by "..." in the string
method's online help. The comma before start ist mandatory: *when* you
want to give a "start" argument, you leave out the []-brackets but you
need the comma:
s.find('something', 1)
The builtin documentation ist meant (there are such statements by
Guido van Rossum in the web) as a brief mnemonic for things that are
explained in more detail in the library documentation and the
tutorial.
regards
Michael
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