From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 01:57:10 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Issue24898 - Improve str.find documentation. X-Git-Tag: v3.4.5rc1~40 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=114a1d638ecd9dc78cf6514c49e5b46213d3a5cd;p=python Issue24898 - Improve str.find documentation. Simplify str.find explaination as per Georg Brandl's suggestion. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index 4e75e1c7eb..8815d38921 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -1563,10 +1563,9 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module). .. method:: str.find(sub[, start[, end]]) - 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. + Return the lowest index in the string where substring *sub* is found within + the slice ``s[start:end]``. Optional arguments *start* and *end* are + interpreted as in slice notation. Return ``-1`` if *sub* is not found. .. note::