Python: string.uppercase vs. string.ascii_uppercase
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Solution
For Python 2.7, the difference is: (see https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/string.html )
string.ascii_uppercase:
- The uppercase letters 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'. This value is not locale-dependent and will not change.
string.uppercase:
- A string containing all the characters that are considered uppercase letters. On most systems this is the string 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'. The specific value is locale-dependent, and will be updated when locale.setlocale() is called.
In Python 3+ `string.uppercase` does not exist as a global "constant" anymore. ( https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html )
Problem
This might be a stupid question but I don't understand what's the difference between string.uppercase and string.ascii_uppercase in the string module. Printing the docstring of both the function prints same thing. Even the output of `print string.uppercase` and `print string.ascii_uppercase` is same. Thanks.