Python String find() method



Python String find() method

The find() method returns the lowest index of the substring if it is found in given string. If its is not found then it returns -1.
Syntax :

str.find(sub,start,end)

Parameters :

sub : It’s the substring which needs to be searched in the given string.
start : Starting position where sub is needs to be checked within the string.
end : Ending position where suffix is needs to be checked within the string.

NOTE : If start and end indexes are not provided then by default it takes 0 and length-1 as starting and ending indexes where ending indxes is not included in our search.

 

 

Returns:

returns the lowest index of the substring if it is found in given string. If it’s not found then it returns -1.

The find() method is similar to index(). The only difference is find() returns -1 if searched string is not found and index() throws an exception in this case.

CODE 1

word = 'geeks for geeks'
 
# returns first occurrence of Substring
result = word.find('geeks')
print ("Substring 'geeks' found at index:", result )
 
result = word.find('for')
print ("Substring 'for ' found at index:", result )
 
# How to use find()
if (word.find('pawan') != -1):
    print ("Contains given substring ")
else:
    print ("Doesn't contains given substring")
Output:
Substring 'geeks' found at index: 0
Substring 'for ' found at index: 6
Doesn't contains given substring

CODE 2

word = 'geeks for geeks'
 
# Substring is searched in 'eks for geeks' 
print(word.find('ge', 2)) 
 
# Substring is searched in 'eks for geeks' 
print(word.find('geeks ', 2)) 
 
# Substring is searched in 's for g' 
print(word.find('g', 4, 10)) 
 
# Substring is searched in 's for g' 
print(word.find('for ', 4, 11)) 
Output:
10
-1
-1
6

Last Updated on July 24, 2021 by admin

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