str[0:4]
len(str)
string.replace("-", " ")
",".join(list)
"hi {0}".format('j')
str.find(",")
str.index(",") # same, but raises IndexError
str.count(",")
str.split(",")
str.lower()
str.upper()
str.title()
str.lstrip()
str.rstrip()
str.strip()
str.islower()