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56 | 4.1.1 String constants</A> | |
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60 | The constants defined in this module are: | |
61 | ||
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63 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-818' xml:id='l2h-818'>ascii_letters</tt></b></dt> | |
64 | <dd> | |
65 | The concatenation of the <tt class="constant">ascii_lowercase</tt> and | |
66 | <tt class="constant">ascii_uppercase</tt> constants described below. This value is | |
67 | not locale-dependent. | |
68 | </dd></dl> | |
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71 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-819' xml:id='l2h-819'>ascii_lowercase</tt></b></dt> | |
72 | <dd> | |
73 | The lowercase letters <code>'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'</code>. This | |
74 | value is not locale-dependent and will not change. | |
75 | </dd></dl> | |
76 | ||
77 | <P> | |
78 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-820' xml:id='l2h-820'>ascii_uppercase</tt></b></dt> | |
79 | <dd> | |
80 | The uppercase letters <code>'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'</code>. This | |
81 | value is not locale-dependent and will not change. | |
82 | </dd></dl> | |
83 | ||
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85 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-821' xml:id='l2h-821'>digits</tt></b></dt> | |
86 | <dd> | |
87 | The string <code>'0123456789'</code>. | |
88 | </dd></dl> | |
89 | ||
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91 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-822' xml:id='l2h-822'>hexdigits</tt></b></dt> | |
92 | <dd> | |
93 | The string <code>'0123456789abcdefABCDEF'</code>. | |
94 | </dd></dl> | |
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97 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-823' xml:id='l2h-823'>letters</tt></b></dt> | |
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99 | The concatenation of the strings <tt class="constant">lowercase</tt> and | |
100 | <tt class="constant">uppercase</tt> described below. The specific value is | |
101 | locale-dependent, and will be updated when | |
102 | <tt class="function">locale.setlocale()</tt> is called. | |
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106 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-824' xml:id='l2h-824'>lowercase</tt></b></dt> | |
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108 | A string containing all the characters that are considered lowercase | |
109 | letters. On most systems this is the string | |
110 | <code>'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'</code>. Do not change its definition -- | |
111 | the effect on the routines <tt class="function">upper()</tt> and | |
112 | <tt class="function">swapcase()</tt> is undefined. The specific value is | |
113 | locale-dependent, and will be updated when | |
114 | <tt class="function">locale.setlocale()</tt> is called. | |
115 | </dd></dl> | |
116 | ||
117 | <P> | |
118 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-825' xml:id='l2h-825'>octdigits</tt></b></dt> | |
119 | <dd> | |
120 | The string <code>'01234567'</code>. | |
121 | </dd></dl> | |
122 | ||
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124 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-826' xml:id='l2h-826'>punctuation</tt></b></dt> | |
125 | <dd> | |
126 | String of ASCII characters which are considered punctuation | |
127 | characters in the "<tt class="samp">C</tt>" locale. | |
128 | </dd></dl> | |
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131 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-827' xml:id='l2h-827'>printable</tt></b></dt> | |
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133 | String of characters which are considered printable. This is a | |
134 | combination of <tt class="constant">digits</tt>, <tt class="constant">letters</tt>, | |
135 | <tt class="constant">punctuation</tt>, and <tt class="constant">whitespace</tt>. | |
136 | </dd></dl> | |
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139 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-828' xml:id='l2h-828'>uppercase</tt></b></dt> | |
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141 | A string containing all the characters that are considered uppercase | |
142 | letters. On most systems this is the string | |
143 | <code>'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'</code>. Do not change its definition -- | |
144 | the effect on the routines <tt class="function">lower()</tt> and | |
145 | <tt class="function">swapcase()</tt> is undefined. The specific value is | |
146 | locale-dependent, and will be updated when | |
147 | <tt class="function">locale.setlocale()</tt> is called. | |
148 | </dd></dl> | |
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151 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-829' xml:id='l2h-829'>whitespace</tt></b></dt> | |
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153 | A string containing all characters that are considered whitespace. | |
154 | On most systems this includes the characters space, tab, linefeed, | |
155 | return, formfeed, and vertical tab. Do not change its definition -- | |
156 | the effect on the routines <tt class="function">strip()</tt> and <tt class="function">split()</tt> | |
157 | is undefined. | |
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