#!/usr/bin/env python # Filename: str_methods.py name='Swaroop' # This is a string object if name.startswith('Swa'): print 'Yes, the string starts with "Swa"' if 'a' in name: print 'Yes, it contains the string "a"' if name.find('war')!=-1: print 'Yes, it contains the string "war"' delimiter=' * ' mylist=['Brazil','Russia','India','China'] print delimiter.join(mylist)