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Python String find() Method
Description
Python string method find() determines if string str occurs in string, or in a substring of string if starting index beg and ending index end are given.
Syntax
str.find(str, beg=0, end=len(string))
Parameters
str − This specifies the string to be searched.
beg − This is the starting index, by default its 0.
end − This is the ending index, by default its equal to the length of the string.
Return Value
Index if found and -1 otherwise.
Example
#!/usr/bin/python str1 = "this is string example....wow!!!"; str2 = "exam"; print str1.find(str2) print str1.find(str2, 10) print str1.find(str2, 40)
Result
15 15 -1
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