[Python-ideas] string codes & substring equality

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On 11/27/2013 09:01 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
> On 27 November 2013 17:59, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>>>>> help(str.startswith)
>> Help on method_descriptor:
>>
>> startswith(...)
>>      S.startswith(prefix[, start[, end]]) -> bool
>
> Wow! I never knew that startswith/endswith accepted start and end
> arguments. Something new I learned today - thanks :-)

You're not the only one ;-) I learnt it yesterday. Probably the method name 
misleads (not only you and i?.

Denis