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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-04-07 01:52:51 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-04-07 01:52:51 (GMT) |
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doc: Link to `string.capwords` from `str.title` (GH-20913)
Since `title()` mentions its own short-comings, it should also mention the library function which does not possess them.
Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit b786d9ec52a2c2b0b6627be7fd4a3948c61fbdea)
Co-authored-by: Eric Wieser <wieser.eric@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index f60e936..77b2590 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -2151,7 +2151,11 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module). >>> "they're bill's friends from the UK".title() "They'Re Bill'S Friends From The Uk" - A workaround for apostrophes can be constructed using regular expressions:: + The :func:`string.capwords` function does not have this problem, as it + splits words on spaces only. + + Alternatively, a workaround for apostrophes can be constructed using regular + expressions:: >>> import re >>> def titlecase(s): |