[section boost/python/str.hpp]
[section Introduction]
Exposes a [link concepts.objectwrapper.typewrapper_concept_requirements TypeWrapper] for the Python [@http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/string-methods.html `str`] type.
[endsect]
[section Class `str`]
Exposes the [@http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/string-methods.html string methods] of Python's built-in `str` type. The semantics of the constructors and member functions defined below, except for the two-argument constructors which construct str objects from a range of characters, can be fully understood by reading the [link concepts.objectwrapper.typewrapper_concept_requirements TypeWrapper] concept definition. Since str is publicly derived from [link object_wrappers.boost_python_object_hpp.class_object `object`], the public `object` interface applies to `str` instances as well.
``
namespace boost { namespace python
{
  class str : public object
  {
   public:
      str(); // new str

      str(char const* s); // new str

      str(char const* start, char const* finish); // new str
      str(char const* start, std::size_t length); // new str

      template <class T>
      explicit str(T const& other);

      str capitalize() const;

      template <class T>
      str center(T const& width) const;

      template<class T>
      long count(T const& sub) const;
      template<class T1, class T2>
      long count(T1 const& sub,T2 const& start) const;
      template<class T1, class T2, class T3>
      long count(T1 const& sub,T2 const& start, T3 const& end) const;

      object decode() const;
      template<class T>
      object decode(T const& encoding) const;
      template<class T1, class T2>
      object decode(T1 const& encoding, T2 const& errors) const;

      object encode() const;
      template <class T>
      object encode(T const& encoding) const;
      template <class T1, class T2>
      object encode(T1 const& encoding, T2 const& errors) const;

      template <class T>
      bool endswith(T const& suffix) const;
      template <class T1, class T2>
      bool endswith(T1 const& suffix, T2 const& start) const;
      template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
      bool endswith(T1 const& suffix, T2 const& start, T3 const& end) const;

      str expandtabs() const;
      template <class T>
      str expandtabs(T const& tabsize) const;

      template <class T>
      long find(T const& sub) const;
      template <class T1, class T2>
      long find(T1 const& sub, T2 const& start) const;
      template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
      long find(T1 const& sub, T2 const& start, T3 const& end) const;

      template <class T>
      long index(T const& sub) const;
      template <class T1, class T2>
      long index(T1 const& sub, T2 const& start) const;
      template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
      long index(T1 const& sub, T2 const& start, T3 const& end) const;

      bool isalnum() const;
      bool isalpha() const;
      bool isdigit() const;
      bool islower() const;
      bool isspace() const;
      bool istitle() const;
      bool isupper() const;

      template <class T>
      str join(T const& sequence) const;

      template <class T>
      str ljust(T const& width) const;

      str lower() const;
      str lstrip() const;

      template <class T1, class T2>
      str replace(T1 const& old, T2 const& new_) const;
      template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
      str replace(T1 const& old, T2 const& new_, T3 const& maxsplit) const;

      template <class T>
      long rfind(T const& sub) const;
      template <class T1, class T2>
      long rfind(T1 const& sub, T2 const& start) const;
      template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
      long rfind(T1 const& sub, T2 const& start, T3 const& end) const;

      template <class T>
      long rindex(T const& sub) const;
      template <class T1, class T2>
      long rindex(T1 const& sub, T2 const& start) const;
      template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
      long rindex(T1 const& sub, T2 const& start, T3 const& end) const;

      template <class T>
      str rjust(T const& width) const;

      str rstrip() const;

      list split() const; 
      template <class T>
      list split(T const& sep) const;
      template <class T1, class T2>
      list split(T1 const& sep, T2 const& maxsplit) const;

      list splitlines() const;
      template <class T>
      list splitlines(T const& keepends) const;

      template <class T>
      bool startswith(T const& prefix) const;
      template <class T1, class T2>
      bool startswidth(T1 const& prefix, T2 const& start) const;
      template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
      bool startswidth(T1 const& prefix, T2 const& start, T3 const& end) const;

      str strip() const;
      str swapcase() const;
      str title() const;

      template <class T>
      str translate(T const& table) const;
      template <class T1, class T2>
      str translate(T1 const& table, T2 const& deletechars) const;

      str upper() const;
  };
}}
``
[endsect]
[section Example]
``
using namespace boost::python;
str remove_angle_brackets(str x)
{
  return x.strip('<').strip('>');
}
``
[endsect]
[endsect]