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authorSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2016-01-03 17:57:10 -0800
committerSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2016-01-03 17:57:10 -0800
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Issue24898 - Improve str.find documentation.
Simplify str.find explaination as per Georg Brandl's suggestion.
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/stdtypes.rst7
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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
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+++ 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::