From 114a1d638ecd9dc78cf6514c49e5b46213d3a5cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 17:57:10 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Issue24898 - Improve str.find documentation. Simplify str.find explaination as per Georg Brandl's suggestion. --- Doc/library/stdtypes.rst | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index 4e75e1c7eb6..8815d38921f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ 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::