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 Regular expression search and match operations with a Perl-style expression syntax.

struct Interpret strings as packed binary data.

difflib Helpers for computing differences between objects.

fpformat General floating point formatting functions.

StringIO Read and write strings as if they were files.

cStringIO Faster version of StringIO, but not subclassable.

textwrap Text wrapping and filling

codecs Encode and decode data and streams.

encodings.idna Internationalized Domain Names implementation

unicodedata Access the Unicode Database.

stringprep String preparation, as per RFC 3453

Information on the methods of string objects can be found in section 2.2.6, ``String Methods.''

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`string`		Common string operations.
`re`		Regular expression search and match operations with a Perl-style expression syntax.
`struct`		Interpret strings as packed binary data.
`difflib`		Helpers for computing differences between objects.
`fpformat`		General floating point formatting functions.
`StringIO`		Read and write strings as if they were files.
`cStringIO`		Faster version of `StringIO`, but not subclassable.
`textwrap`		Text wrapping and filling
`codecs`		Encode and decode data and streams.
`encodings.idna`		Internationalized Domain Names implementation
`unicodedata`		Access the Unicode Database.
`stringprep`		String preparation, as per RFC 3453