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CHanged lower case to lowercase and added s
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59 changes: 58 additions & 1 deletion pandas/core/strings.py
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Expand Up @@ -2145,11 +2145,68 @@ def rindex(self, sub, start=0, end=None):

_shared_docs['casemethods'] = ("""
Convert strings in the Series/Index to %(type)s.

Equivalent to :meth:`str.%(method)s`.

Returns
-------
converted : Series/Index of objects
Series/Index of objects

See Also
--------
Series.str.lower : Converts all characters to lowercase.
Series.str.upper : Converts all characters to uppercase.
Series.str.title : Converts first character of each word to uppercase and
remaining to lowercase.
Series.str.capitalize : Converts first character to uppercase and
remaining to lowercase.
Series.str.swapcase : Converts uppercase to lowercase and lowercase to
uppercase.

Examples
--------
>>> s = pd.Series(['lower', 'CAPITALS', 'this is a sentence', 'SwApCaSe'])
>>> s
0 lower
1 CAPITALS
2 this is a SentEnce
3 The is Paris
dtype: object

>>> s.str.lower()
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Could you show the original s, (simply with a line >>> s and its output). And then leave a blank line between it and the lower method, so the lower doesn't get grouped with the constructor and the original, but in a separate block as the rest?

Besides that, lgtm.

0 lower
1 capitals
2 this is a sentence
3 swapcase
dtype: object

>>> s.str.upper()
0 LOWER
1 CAPITALS
2 THIS IS A SENTENCE
3 SWAPCASE
dtype: object

>>> s.str.title()
0 Lower
1 Capitals
2 This Is A Sentence
3 Swapcase
dtype: object

>>> s.str.capitalize()
0 Lower
1 Capitals
2 This is a sentence
3 Swapcase
dtype: object

>>> s.str.swapcase()
0 LOWER
1 capitals
2 THIS IS A SENTENCE
3 sWaPcAsE
dtype: object
""")
_shared_docs['lower'] = dict(type='lowercase', method='lower')
_shared_docs['upper'] = dict(type='uppercase', method='upper')
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