Rule of order for dot operators?

Date	2015-05-16 12:20 -0700
From	"C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com>
Subject	Rule of order for dot operators?
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.80.1431804386.17265.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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Greetings,

Noobie question regarding a single line of code that transforms a URL 
slug ("this-is-a-slug") into a title ("This Is A Slug").

title = slug.replace('-',' ').title()

This line also works if I switched the dot operators around.

title = slug.title().replace('-',' ')

I'm reading the first example as character replacement first and title 
capitalization second, and the second example as title capitalization 
first and character replacement second.

Does python perform the dot operators from left to right or according to 
a rule of order (i.e., multiplication/division before add/subtract)?

Thank you,

Chris Reimer

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Rule of order for dot operators? "C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com> - 2015-05-16 12:20 -0700
  Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-16 21:40 +0200
    Re: Rule of order for dot operators? "C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com> - 2015-05-16 12:55 -0700
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-17 19:17 +0200
        Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-05-17 10:30 -0700
          Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-05-17 12:13 -0700
        Re: Rule of order for dot operators? "C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com> - 2015-05-17 11:35 -0700
    Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-17 11:45 +1000
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-05-16 22:06 -0700
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-05-17 15:43 +0000
        Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-20 00:30 +0200
          Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-05-19 18:36 -0700
            Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-20 04:24 +0200
              Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-05-19 19:44 -0700
              Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-20 13:11 +1000
              Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-05-20 17:29 +1000
            Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-20 12:31 +1000
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? "C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com> - 2015-05-17 10:50 -0700
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-18 17:40 +1000
  Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-17 11:31 +1000
  Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2015-05-18 14:00 +0200

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