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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/array.rst8
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst7
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/array.rst b/Doc/library/array.rst
index ff3ec6b..18a768d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/array.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/array.rst
@@ -178,11 +178,15 @@ The following data items and methods are also supported:
array of some other type.
-.. method:: array.index(x)
+.. method:: array.index(x[, start[, stop]])
Return the smallest *i* such that *i* is the index of the first occurrence of
- *x* in the array.
+ *x* in the array. The optional arguments *start* and *stop* can be
+ specified to search for *x* within a subsection of the array. Raise
+ :exc:`ValueError` if *x* is not found.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.10
+ Added optional *start* and *stop* parameters.
.. method:: array.insert(i, x)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index b84bcf9..eb42480 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -633,6 +633,13 @@ argparse
Misleading phrase "optional arguments" was replaced with "options" in argparse help. Some tests might require adaptation if they rely on exact output match.
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :issue:`9694`.)
+array
+-----
+
+The :meth:`~array.array.index` method of :class:`array.array` now has
+optional *start* and *stop* parameters.
+(Contributed by Anders Lorentsen and Zackery Spytz in :issue:`31956`.)
+
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