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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index 71cb7f2643..9a4f42caa4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -1365,6 +1365,11 @@ objects that compare equal might have different :attr:`~range.start`, The :attr:`~range.start`, :attr:`~range.stop` and :attr:`~range.step` attributes. +.. seealso:: + + * The `linspace recipe <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/579000/>`_ + shows how to implement a lazy version of range that suitable for floating + point applications. .. index:: single: string; text sequence type @@ -1455,8 +1460,8 @@ multiple fragments. For more information on the ``str`` class and its methods, see :ref:`textseq` and the :ref:`string-methods` section below. To output - formatted strings, see the :ref:`formatstrings` section. In addition, - see the :ref:`stringservices` section. + formatted strings, see the :ref:`f-strings` and :ref:`formatstrings` + sections. In addition, see the :ref:`stringservices` section. .. index:: @@ -2060,8 +2065,8 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module). .. index:: single: formatting, string (%) single: interpolation, string (%) - single: string; formatting - single: string; interpolation + single: string; formatting, printf + single: string; interpolation, printf single: printf-style formatting single: sprintf-style formatting single: % formatting @@ -2071,9 +2076,10 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module). The formatting operations described here exhibit a variety of quirks that lead to a number of common errors (such as failing to display tuples and - dictionaries correctly). Using the newer :meth:`str.format` interface - helps avoid these errors, and also provides a generally more powerful, - flexible and extensible approach to formatting text. + dictionaries correctly). Using the newer :ref:`formatted + string literals <f-strings>` or the :meth:`str.format` interface + helps avoid these errors. These alternatives also provide more powerful, + flexible and extensible approaches to formatting text. String objects have one unique built-in operation: the ``%`` operator (modulo). This is also known as the string *formatting* or *interpolation* operator. @@ -2630,8 +2636,8 @@ arbitrary binary data. The prefix(es) to search for may be any :term:`bytes-like object`. -.. method:: bytes.translate(table[, delete]) - bytearray.translate(table[, delete]) +.. method:: bytes.translate(table, delete=b'') + bytearray.translate(table, delete=b'') Return a copy of the bytes or bytearray object where all bytes occurring in the optional argument *delete* are removed, and the remaining bytes have @@ -2647,6 +2653,9 @@ arbitrary binary data. >>> b'read this short text'.translate(None, b'aeiou') b'rd ths shrt txt' + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + *delete* is now supported as a keyword argument. + The following methods on bytes and bytearray objects have default behaviours that assume the use of ASCII compatible binary formats, but can still be used |