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4.1.3 String functions
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The following functions are available to operate on string and Unicode
objects. They are not available as string methods.
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<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
834' xml:id='l2h-
834'
class=
"function">capwords
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>s
</var>)
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Split the argument into words using
<tt class=
"function">split()
</tt>, capitalize
each word using
<tt class=
"function">capitalize()
</tt>, and join the capitalized
words using
<tt class=
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</nobr></td>
<td><var>from, to
</var>)
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Return a translation table suitable for passing to
<tt class=
"function">translate()
</tt> or
<tt class=
"function">regex.compile()
</tt>, that will map
each character in
<var>from
</var> into the character at the same position
in
<var>to
</var>;
<var>from
</var> and
<var>to
</var> must have the same length.
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<tt class=
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<tt class=
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