capitalise()
Converts the first character to upper case.
count()
Returns the number of times a specified value occurs in a string
find()
Searches the string for a specified value and returns the position of where it
was found.
lower()
Converts the string into lower case.
upper()
Converts the string into upper case
split()
Splits the string at the specified separator, and returns a list.
swapcase()
Swaps cases, lower case becomes upper case and vice versa
replace(a,b)
Replace the string a with b within a string
strip()
Removes white space from the start and end of a string