2008/8/21 Jerry Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/8/21 Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Chapters 2 and 3 of the library reference are highly recommended. >>> http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html >> >> Let's start from there. I need the startswith() function, but I do not >> know it's name. I search for "strings" and find this: >> 4. String Services >> * 4.1 string -- Common string operations >> o 4.1.3 String functions > > You went too far. Look at 3.6 (Sequence types) and 3.6.1 (String > Methods). Those document operations that work on all types of > sequences and the methods of the string type. That's 99% of what > you'll need to know about python strings. Kent was pretty specific > about looking at chapter two and three of the library reference. Why > did you start with chapter four instead?
That's where my search took me. I use the Vimperator Firefox plugin, and I know that it does not start searching from the start of the page. It seems rather inconsistent, and I think that the developer knows that. > I believe that doc bugs (and suggestions for improvements) are tracked > on the python bug tracker (http://bugs.python.org/). If you're going > to submit doc patches, you may want to take a look at > http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/ which I believe is the beta of the new > documentation layout for python 3.0. I will definitely look through there, thanks. > I'm not sure how much the actual > contents have changed from the 2.x docs though. I notice that the > section on the string module does now refer you back to the methods of > string and sequences in general, which the current docs do not. Root. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
