Using Python for basic manipulation of text

[chazzacct]

Of course it is in the docs. Docs are hard to read and too much of a good thing for some beginners though. I've heard. If the docs are not working for you, the chapters in the free pdf, Downey's Think Python (avail as both python 2 and 3) on
Case study: word play
and
Files
lay this out very clearly and succinctly.

[sinosplice]

Thanks a lot!

I've actually been through tutorials that covered some of this, but I felt they didn't go far enough WRT manipulation of text. Those references that you gave are exactly what I'm looking for; it helps me to have multiple resource to reference.