/**
 * Python string module for TypeScript
 *
 * Provides string constants and utility classes matching Python's string module,
 * including ascii_letters, digits, punctuation, and the Template class.
 *
 * @see {@link https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html | Python string documentation}
 * @module
 */
/** The lowercase letters 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' */
declare const asciiLowercase = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
/** The uppercase letters 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' */
declare const asciiUppercase = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
/** The concatenation of asciiLowercase and asciiUppercase */
declare const asciiLetters: string;
/** The string '0123456789' */
declare const digits = "0123456789";
/** The string '0123456789abcdefABCDEF' */
declare const hexDigits = "0123456789abcdefABCDEF";
/** The string '01234567' */
declare const octDigits = "01234567";
/** String of ASCII characters which are considered punctuation */
declare const punctuation = "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~";
/** String of ASCII characters which are considered whitespace */
declare const whitespace = " \t\n\r\v\f";
/** String of ASCII characters which are considered printable */
declare const printable: string;
declare class Template {
    readonly template: string;
    constructor(template: string);
    /** Perform substitution, raising KeyError for missing keys */
    substitute(mapping?: Record<string, unknown>): string;
    /** Perform substitution, returning original placeholder for missing keys */
    safeSubstitute(mapping?: Record<string, unknown>): string;
    /** Get identifiers in template */
    getIdentifiers(): string[];
}
/** Capitalize words in string */
declare function capWords(s: string, sep?: string): string;
declare const string: {
    /**
     * Python str.join()
     */
    join(sep: string, iterable: Iterable<string>): string;
    /**
     * Python str.split()
     */
    split(s: string, sep?: string, maxsplit?: number): string[];
    /**
     * Python str.rSplit()
     */
    rSplit(s: string, sep?: string, maxsplit?: number): string[];
    /**
     * Python str.strip()
     */
    strip(s: string, chars?: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.lStrip()
     */
    lStrip(s: string, chars?: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.rStrip()
     */
    rStrip(s: string, chars?: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.upper()
     */
    upper(s: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.lower()
     */
    lower(s: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.capitalize()
     */
    capitalize(s: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.title()
     */
    title(s: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.swapCase()
     */
    swapCase(s: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.startsWith()
     */
    startsWith(s: string, prefix: string, start?: number, end?: number): boolean;
    /**
     * Python str.endsWith()
     */
    endsWith(s: string, suffix: string, start?: number, end?: number): boolean;
    /**
     * Python str.find()
     */
    find(s: string, sub: string, start?: number, end?: number): number;
    /**
     * Python str.rFind()
     */
    rFind(s: string, sub: string, start?: number, end?: number): number;
    /**
     * Python str.index() - raises error if not found
     */
    index(s: string, sub: string, start?: number, end?: number): number;
    /**
     * Python str.rIndex() - raises error if not found
     */
    rIndex(s: string, sub: string, start?: number, end?: number): number;
    /**
     * Python str.count()
     */
    count(s: string, sub: string, start?: number, end?: number): number;
    /**
     * Python str.replace()
     */
    replace(s: string, old: string, newStr: string, count?: number): string;
    /**
     * Python str.zFill()
     */
    zFill(s: string, width: number): string;
    /**
     * Python str.center()
     */
    center(s: string, width: number, fillchar?: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.lJust()
     */
    lJust(s: string, width: number, fillchar?: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.rJust()
     */
    rJust(s: string, width: number, fillchar?: string): string;
    /**
     * Python str.partition()
     */
    partition(s: string, sep: string): [string, string, string];
    /**
     * Python str.rPartition()
     */
    rPartition(s: string, sep: string): [string, string, string];
    /**
     * Python str.isAlpha()
     */
    isAlpha(s: string): boolean;
    /**
     * Python str.isDigit()
     */
    isDigit(s: string): boolean;
    /**
     * Python str.isAlnum()
     */
    isAlnum(s: string): boolean;
    /**
     * Python str.isSpace()
     */
    isSpace(s: string): boolean;
    /**
     * Python str.isUpper()
     */
    isUpper(s: string): boolean;
    /**
     * Python str.isLower()
     */
    isLower(s: string): boolean;
    /**
     * Python str.format() - basic implementation
     */
    format(s: string, ...args: unknown[]): string;
};

export { Template, asciiLetters, asciiLowercase, asciiUppercase, capWords, digits, hexDigits, octDigits, printable, punctuation, string, whitespace };