numpy.strings.find#

strings.find(a, sub, start=0, end=None)[source]#

For each element, return the lowest index in the string where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained in the range [start, end).

Parameters:

aarray_like, with StringDType, bytes_ or str_ dtype

subarray_like, with bytes_ or str_ dtype

The substring to search for.

start, endarray_like, with any integer dtype

The range to look in, interpreted as in slice notation.

Returns:

yndarray

Output array of ints

See also

str.find

Examples

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>>> import numpy as np
>>> a = np.array(["NumPy is a Python library"])
>>> np.strings.find(a, "Python")
array([11])

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