def substring_example():

        name = "Adriane Joy Huber"
        print "My name is", name
        # Select a subset of a string
        # First parameter is where the substring begins.
	# Second paramter is first character not included in substring.
	# Note character index starts with 0.
        middle_name = name[8:11]
        print "My middle name is", middle_name
        print

def split_string_example():
	address = "272 Computer Science, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1873"

	address_elements = address.split(", ")
	print "My building address is", address_elements[0]
	print "My city is", address_elements[1]
	print "My state is", address_elements[2]
	print "My zip code is", address_elements[3]
	print

def search_string_example():

	# Search for a pattern at the beginning of a string
	phone = "970-491-4191"
	if phone.startswith("970"):
		print "I have a local phone number"
	if not phone.startswith("970"):
		print "I do not have a local phone number"
	print
	
	# Search for a pattern anywhere in a string
	if "491" in phone:
		print "I found 491 in,", phone
	else:
		print "I did not find 491 in,", phone

	# Search for a pattern at the end of a string
	if phone.endswith("4191"):
		print "I found 4191 at the end of the string,", phone
	else:
		print "I did not find 4191 at the end of the string,", phone
	print

	# Search for word and replace with a different word
	name = "Adriane Joy Huber"
	print "My formal name is", name
	nickname = name.replace("Adriane Joy", "D.J.")
	print "My nickname is", nickname
	print

def string_case_example():
	city = "indianapolis"
	print "Capitalize first letter of", city, ":", city.capitalize()
	print "All upper case of", city, ":", city.upper()
	print "All lower case of", city, ":", city.lower()
	print "First letter of each word capitalized:", city.title()

substring_example()
split_string_example()
search_string_example()
string_case_example()