Exposes a TypeWrapper for the Python str type.

Exposes the 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 TypeWrapper concept definition. Since str is publicly derived from 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;
  };
}}

using namespace boost::python;
str remove_angle_brackets(str x)
{
  return x.strip('<').strip('>');
}