str.index() and str.find() versus only list.index()

From	Roel Schroeven <roel@roelschroeven.net>
Subject	str.index() and str.find() versus only list.index()
Date	2015-07-13 18:56 +0200
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.470.1436806619.3674.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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Hi,

Quick question: why does str have both index() and find(), while list 
only has index()? Is there a reason for that, or is it just an 
historical accident?


Best regards,
Roel

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faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Roel Schroeven

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