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Super Kai (Kazuya Ito)
Super Kai (Kazuya Ito)

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*Memo for string, bytes and bytearray functions:

*Memo for a string, bytes and bytearray:

str.index() and bytes.index() or bytearray.index() can get the 1st index of the substring and byte substring respectively matched to sub between [start, end), searching from the left to the right (with error if the substring and byte substring don't exist respectively) as shown below:

*Memo:

  • The 1st argument is sub(Required-Type:str for str.index() or Bytes-like object and int for bytes.index() and bytearray.index()):
    • It's the substring and byte substring of zero or more characters and bytes respectively.
    • Don't use sub=.
  • The 2nd argument is start(Optional-Type:int or NoneType):
    • It's a start index(inclusive).
    • If it's not set or None, 0 is set to it.
    • Don't use start.
  • The 3rd argument is end(Optional-Type:int or NoneType):
    • It's an end index(exclusive).
    • If it's not set or None, the length + 1 is set to it.
    • Don't use end.
  • Error occurs if sub doesn't exist.

<String>:

v = 'grapes peach' print(v.index('pe')) # 3 print(v.index('pe', None, None)) # 3 print(v.index('pe', 3)) # 3 print(v.index('pe', 4)) # 7 print(v.index('pe', 7)) # 7 print(v.index('pe', 0, 5)) # 3 print(v.index('pe', 7, 12)) # 7  print(v.index('')) # 0 print(v.index('g', 0, 1)) # 0 print(v.index('h', 11, 12)) # 11  print(v.index('PE')) print(v.index('pe', 8)) print(v.index('pe', 0, 4)) print(v.index('pe', 8, 12)) print(v.index('abc')) # ValueError: substring not found 
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v = '' print(v.index('')) # 0 
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<Bytes & Bytearray>:

v = b'grapes peach' v = bytearray('grapes peach'.encode()) print(v.index(b'pe')) # 3 print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'))) # 3 print(v.index(b'pe', None, None)) # 3 print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'), None, None)) # 3 print(v.index(b'pe', 3)) # 3 print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'), 3)) # 3 print(v.index(b'pe', 4)) # 7 print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'), 4)) # 7 print(v.index(b'pe', 7)) # 7 print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'), 7)) # 7 print(v.index(b'pe', 0, 5)) # 3 print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'), 0, 5)) # 3 print(v.index(b'pe', 7, 12)) # 11 print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'), 7, 12)) # 11  print(v.index(b'')) # 0 print(v.index(bytearray(b''))) # 0 print(v.index(b'g', 0, 1)) # 0 print(v.index(ord('g'), 0, 1)) # 0 print(v.index(103, 0, 1)) # 0 print(v.index(bytearray(b'g'), 0, 1)) # 0 print(v.index(b'h', 11, 12)) # 11 print(v.index(ord('h'), 11, 12)) # 11 print(v.index(104, 11, 12)) # 11 print(v.index(bytearray(b'h'), 11, 12)) # 11  print(v.index(b'PE')) print(v.index(bytearray(b'PE'))) print(v.index(b'pe', 8)) print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'), 8)) print(v.index(b'pe', 0, 4)) print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'), 0, 4)) print(v.index(b'pe', 8, 12)) print(v.index(bytearray(b'pe'), 8, 12)) print(v.index(b'abc')) print(v.index(bytearray(b'abc'))) # ValueError: subsection not found 
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v = b'' v = bytearray(b'') print(v.index(b'')) # 0 print(v.index(bytearray(b''))) # 0 
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