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Python String find() Method
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))
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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);
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This will produce following result:
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