[New-bugs-announce] [issue24898] Documentation for str.find() is confusing

[Ted Lemon]

New submission from Ted Lemon:

The documentation for str.find() on python.org, for all current versions, says:

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.

I think that what is meant here is this:

Return the lowest index in a string s where substring sub is found, such that if a is the returned index, and b == a + len(sub), sub is contained in the slice s[a:b]. Optional arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation. Return -1 if sub is not found.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 248872
nosy: Ted Lemon, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Documentation for str.find() is confusing
versions: Python 3.6

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