summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2016-01-04 01:57:10 (GMT)
committerSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2016-01-04 01:57:10 (GMT)
commit114a1d638ecd9dc78cf6514c49e5b46213d3a5cd (patch)
tree46fb0aeb33be69430749d35278539adeaeb16727
parenta880800363774848f39e1aa316aa4a44fef9c8fc (diff)
downloadcpython-114a1d638ecd9dc78cf6514c49e5b46213d3a5cd.zip
cpython-114a1d638ecd9dc78cf6514c49e5b46213d3a5cd.tar.gz
cpython-114a1d638ecd9dc78cf6514c49e5b46213d3a5cd.tar.bz2
Issue24898 - Improve str.find documentation.
Simplify str.find explaination as per Georg Brandl's suggestion.
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/stdtypes.rst7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 4e75e1c..8815d38 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1563,10 +1563,9 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
.. method:: str.find(sub[, start[, end]])
- Return the lowest index in the string where substring *sub* is found, such
- that *sub* is contained in the slice ``s[start:end]``. Optional arguments
- *start* and *end* are interpreted as in slice notation. Return ``-1`` if
- *sub* is not found.
+ Return the lowest index in the string where substring *sub* is found within
+ the slice ``s[start:end]``. Optional arguments *start* and *end* are
+ interpreted as in slice notation. Return ``-1`` if *sub* is not found.
.. note::