Hello in this tutorial, we will explain the String find() method in Python programming.
1. Introduction
The find() method in python programming is used to find the occurrence of a character in a given string or a substring of a string. The method is represented by the following syntax.
string.find(search_char, start, end) where, search_char specifies the string to be searched start is optional and the default value is 0 end is optional and the default value is the end of the string
The method returns the index of the first occurrence of the given character inside the string. The method returns -1 if the value doesn’t exist inside the string. The method is different from the index() method as the latter one raises an exception if the value is not found.
1.1 Setting up Python
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2. Python String find() method Tutorial
I am using JetBrains PyCharm as my preferred IDE. You are free to choose the IDE of your choice. Let us dive in with the programming stuff now.
2.1 Python String find() method Tutorial
Let us understand the different use cases of the find() method in python programming.
find() method
# python string find() tutorial
# a. Returns the first occurrence of the given value
# b. If not found returns -1
# Syntax - string.find(search_char, start, end)
# where,
# start is optional and the default value is 0
# end is optional and the default value is the end of the string
string = 'Hello world! Welcome to javacodegeeks.'
def find(search_char):
index = string.find(search_char)
if index != -1:
print('{} is present at index = {}'.format(search_char, index))
else:
print('{} is not present in string'.format(search_char))
def find_range(search_char, start, end):
index = string.find(search_char, start, end)
if index != -1:
print('{} is present in the given range at index = {}'.format(search_char, index))
else:
print('{} is not present in string'.format(search_char))
# driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
find('w')
find('y')
find_range('e', 1, 10)
find_range('x', 1, 5)
If everything goes well the following output will be shown in the IDE console.
Console Output
w is present at index = 6 y is not present in string e is present in the given range at index = 1 x is not present in string
That is all for this tutorial and I hope the article served you with whatever you were looking for. Happy Learning and do not forget to share!
3. Summary
In this tutorial, we learned:
find()method in python programming- Sample program to understand the
find()method use cases
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