[Tutor] Missing methods in string module?

[Philip Carl]

If I check the Python Libray Reference for String Methods (2.3.6.1) I 
find many methods listed e.g. decode, encode, endswith etc. that do not 
  seem to be listed by the command line dir(string) in Python 2.4 under 
Windows XP, although many other methods e.g. capitalize and center are. 
    Why is this?  Thanks.

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