String (.str) Accessor
======================

.. currentmodule:: pandasCore

Access string methods on Series with string data via ``.str``.

Example
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.. code-block:: python

   import pandasCore as pd

   s = pd.Series(['foo', 'bar', 'baz'])
   s.str.upper()        # ['FOO', 'BAR', 'BAZ']
   s.str.contains('a')  # [False, True, True]

Methods
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   * - Method
     - Description
   * - upper()
     - Convert to uppercase
   * - lower()
     - Convert to lowercase
   * - title()
     - Convert to title case
   * - capitalize()
     - Capitalize first letter
   * - swapcase()
     - Swap case
   * - strip()
     - Strip whitespace
   * - lstrip()
     - Strip left whitespace
   * - rstrip()
     - Strip right whitespace
   * - len()
     - String length
   * - contains(pat)
     - Check if contains pattern
   * - startswith(pat)
     - Check if starts with pattern
   * - endswith(pat)
     - Check if ends with pattern
   * - replace(pat, repl)
     - Replace pattern
   * - split(pat)
     - Split by pattern
   * - join(sep)
     - Join with separator
   * - extract(pat)
     - Extract groups from pattern
   * - findall(pat)
     - Find all occurrences
   * - get(i)
     - Get character at position
   * - slice(start, stop)
     - Slice strings
   * - cat(others)
     - Concatenate strings
   * - repeat(n)
     - Repeat strings
   * - pad(width)
     - Pad strings
   * - center(width)
     - Center strings
   * - zfill(width)
     - Zero-fill strings