4 String Services

The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of string manipulation operations. Here's an overview:

string

-- Common string operations.

re

-- New Perl-style regular expression search and match operations.

regex

-- Regular expression search and match operations.

regsub

-- Substitution and splitting operations that use regular expressions.

struct

-- Interpret strings as packed binary data.

StringIO

-- Read and write strings as if they were files.

soundex

-- Compute hash values for English words.

• 4.1 Standard Module string
• 4.2 Built-in Module re
  • Regular Expression Syntax
  • Module Contents
  • Regular Expression Objects
  • Match Objects
• 4.3 Built-in Module regex
  • Regular Expressions
  • Module Contents
• 4.4 Standard Module regsub
• 4.5 Built-in Module struct
• 4.6 Standard Module StringIO
• 4.7 Built-in Module soundex