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4. String Services
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The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of string
manipulation operations. Here's an overview:
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<td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-string.html'>string</a></tt></b></td>
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<td class='synopsis'>Common string operations.</td></tr>
<tr><td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-re.html'>re</a></tt></b></td>
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<td class='synopsis'>Regular expression search and match operations with a
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<td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-struct.html'>struct</a></tt></b></td>
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<td class='synopsis'>Interpret strings as packed binary data.</td></tr>
<tr><td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-difflib.html'>difflib</a></tt></b></td>
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<td class='synopsis'>Helpers for computing differences between objects.</td></tr>
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<td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-fpformat.html'>fpformat</a></tt></b></td>
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<td class='synopsis'>General floating point formatting functions.</td></tr>
<tr><td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-StringIO.html'>StringIO</a></tt></b></td>
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<td class='synopsis'>Read and write strings as if they were files.</td></tr>
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<td><b><tt class='module'><a href='module-unicodedata.html'>unicodedata</a></tt></b></td>
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<td class='synopsis'>Access the Unicode Database.</td></tr>
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Information on the methods of string objects can be found in
section <A href="string-methods.html#string-methods">2.2.6</A>, ``String Methods.''
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