Basic String Methods

Basic String Methods

sentence = 'something'

sentence.upper() # Upercases the sentance variable

print(sentence) # even though the method .upper ran the string within the sentence variable is still lowercase

# To get that data working you need to assign it to a variable:
up_sen = sentence.upper
# Or re-assign it to itself
sentence = sentence.upper()

Every time you see () we are working with a function or a method

Difference between function and Method:

• if there is a . before the word then it is a method

  • example: sentence.upper()

  • methods also are associated with an object

• if it is stand alone then it is a function

  • example: print()

  • functions are stand alone

Some Types of methods:

• .upper - Uppercase letters

• .lower - Lowercase letters

• .capitalize - Capitalizez first letter and lowercase the rest

• .isdigit - Checks if the string is a digit and returns a boolean value (True or False)

• There are multiple methods starting with is - Used to check: is something like that?

• There are multiple methods starting with startswith()

  • expects string

• Similar to startswith there is also endswith()

  • expects string