Python String find() Method

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/string_find.htm

Description:

This method determines if 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:

Here is the detail of parameters:

• str: specifies the string to be searched.

• start : starting index, by default its 0

• end : ending index, by default its equal to the lenght of the string.

Return Value:

It returns 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);

This will produce following result:

15 15 -1