Python string | printable()

In Python3, string.printable is a pre-initialized string used as string constant. In Python, string.printable will give the all sets of punctuation, digits, ascii_letters and whitespace.

Syntax : string.printable

Parameters : Doesn’t take any parameter, since it’s not a function.

Returns : Return all sets of punctuation, digits, ascii_letters and whitespace.

Note : Make sure to import string library function inorder to use string.printable

Code #1 :

# import string library function
import string

# Storing the sets of punctuation,
# digits, ascii_letters and whitespace
# in variable result
result = string.printable

# Printing the set of values
print(result)

Output :

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

Code #2 : Given code tests for the printable values.

# import string library function
import string

# An input string.
Sentence = "Hey, Geeks !, How are you?"

for i in Sentence:

    # checking whether the char is 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: ?