String Operations

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str.capitalize

Return a copy of the expression with the first character capitalized and the rest lowercased.

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str.center

Return the expression centered in a string of length width. Padding is done using the specified fill character.

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str.contains

Return True if the expression contains the substring and False otherwise.

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str.convert_base

Convert the expression from one base to another.

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str.endswith

Return True if the expression ends with the specified suffix and False otherwise.

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str.find

Return the position of the first occurrence of substring. Search is limited to the specified start and end positions, if provided. All indexes are 0-based.

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str.find_in_set

Return the position of the first occurrence of the expression in the list of strings.

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str.format

Return a formatted string using the expression as a format string.

Note that only a subset of the python format string syntax is supported.

*Supported*
- {0}, {1}, .. {n} for args replacements
- {key} for kwargs replacements

**Not Supported**
- conversion flags (e.g. "Harold's a clever {0\!s}")
- implicit references (e.g. "From {} to {}")
- positional arguments / attributes (e.g. {0.weight} or {players[0]})

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str.hash

Return the hash of the expression using the specified algorithm.

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str.join

Concatenate the elements of the list using the provided separator.

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str.len

Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of substring in the expression.

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str.levenshtein

Return the Levenshtein distance between the expression and the other string.

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str.ljust

Return the expression padded with the provided fill character to the specified length.

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str.lower

Return a copy of the expression with all characters lowercased.

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str.lstrip

Return a copy of the expression with leading whitespace removed.

Note: doesn’t support removing specific characters like the standard library function.

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str.ord

Return the unicode code point of the first character of the expression.

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str.repeat

Return the expression repeated n times.

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str.replace

Replace the matches of an exact (non-regex) pattern with a replacement string.

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str.reverse

Return a copy of the expression with the characters reversed.

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str.rjust

Return the expression padded with the provided fill character to the specified length.

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str.rstrip

Return a copy of the expression with trailing whitespace removed.

Note: doesn’t support removing specific characters like the standard library function.

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str.split

Split the expression using the specified delimiter.

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str.startswith

Return True if the expression starts with the specified prefix and False otherwise.

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str.strip

Return a copy of the expression with leading and trailing whitespace removed.

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str.to_strptime

Parse a string into a timestamp using the specified strptime format.