Python String - printable()

In Python string.printable is a pre-initialized string constant that contains all characters that are considered printable. This includes digits, ASCII letters, punctuation, and whitespace characters.

Let's understand with an example:

import string

# to show the contents of string.printable
print(string.printable)

0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~ 	



Explanation:

• string.printable: This will print all the printable characters, including digits, letters, punctuation, and whitespace characters.

Syntax of string.printable()

string.printable

Parameters:

• This doesn't take any parameters since it's a string constant, not a function.

Returns:

• It returns a string that contains all printable characters, including digits, ASCII letters, punctuation, and whitespace characters.

To identify printable characters

To identify printable characters in Python, we can use the string.printable constant, which includes digits, letters, punctuation, and whitespace. This is useful for filtering or validating input data to ensure it contains only printable characters.

# Importing string library
import string
    
# An input string.
Sentence = "Hey, Geeks !, How are you?"
  
for i in Sentence: 
    # Checking whether the character is a printable value 
    if i in string.printable: 
        # Printing the printable values
        print("printable Value is: " + i)

Output:

printable Value is: H
printable Value is: e
printable Value is: y
printable Value is:,
printable Value is:  
printable Value is: G
printable Value is: e
printable Value is: e
printable Value is: k
printable Value is: s
printable Value is: !
printable Value is:,
printable Value is:  
printable Value is: H
printable Value is: o
printable Value is: w
printable Value is:  
printable Value is: a
printable Value is: r
printable Value is: e
printable Value is:  
printable Value is: y
printable Value is: o
printable Value is: u
printable Value is: ?

Explanation:

• for i in s: Loops over each character in `s`.
• if i in string.printable: This checks if the character is printable.
• print("printable Value is: " + i): This displays each printable character.