[Zope-Coders] x.startswith() vs. x[ ..]

Chris Withers chrisw@nipltd.com
Sun, 02 Dec 2001 10:03:13 +0000


Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
> You're absolutely right, Andreas.  When I moved to Python from Java I
> had to unlearn "<str>.startswith()" since it didn't exist.  Now, a
> couple of years later, I have to reverse my unlearning.  Aside from all
> the mental mutations, startswith() is a good thing all around.  Thanks.

Out of interest, where is the documentation for string methods on python.org?

cheers,

Chris