# pydicom.uid.UID

class `pydicom.uid.``UID`

  Human friendly UIDs as a Python `str` subclass.

  Examples

      >>> from pydicom.uid import UID
      >>> uid = UID('1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50')
      >>> uid
      '1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50'
      >>> uid.is_implicit_VR
      False
      >>> uid.is_little_endian
      True
      >>> uid.is_transfer_syntax
      True
      >>> uid.name
      'JPEG Baseline (Process 1)'

  `__init__`()

    Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

  Methods

  `capitalize` | Return a capitalized version of the string.
  `casefold` | Return a version of the string suitable for caseless comparisons.
  `center` | Return a centered string of length width.
  `count`(sub[, start[, end]]) | Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of substring sub in string S[start:end].
  `encode` | Encode the string using the codec registered for encoding.
  `endswith`(suffix[, start[, end]]) | Return True if S ends with the specified suffix, False otherwise.
  `expandtabs` | Return a copy where all tab characters are expanded using spaces.
  `find`(sub[, start[, end]]) | Return the lowest index in S where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained within S[start:end].
  `format`(*args, **kwargs) | Return a formatted version of S, using substitutions from args and kwargs.
  `format_map`(mapping) | Return a formatted version of S, using substitutions from mapping.
  `index`(sub[, start[, end]]) | Return the lowest index in S where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained within S[start:end].
  `isalnum` | Return True if the string is an alpha-numeric string, False otherwise.
  `isalpha` | Return True if the string is an alphabetic string, False otherwise.
  `isascii` | Return True if all characters in the string are ASCII, False otherwise.
  `isdecimal` | Return True if the string is a decimal string, False otherwise.
  `isdigit` | Return True if the string is a digit string, False otherwise.
  `isidentifier` | Return True if the string is a valid Python identifier, False otherwise.
  `islower` | Return True if the string is a lowercase string, False otherwise.
  `isnumeric` | Return True if the string is a numeric string, False otherwise.
  `isprintable` | Return True if the string is printable, False otherwise.
  `isspace` | Return True if the string is a whitespace string, False otherwise.
  `istitle` | Return True if the string is a title-cased string, False otherwise.
  `isupper` | Return True if the string is an uppercase string, False otherwise.
  `join` | Concatenate any number of strings.
  `ljust` | Return a left-justified string of length width.
  `lower` | Return a copy of the string converted to lowercase.
  `lstrip` | Return a copy of the string with leading whitespace removed.
  `maketrans` | Return a translation table usable for str.translate().
  `partition` | Partition the string into three parts using the given separator.
  `replace` | Return a copy with all occurrences of substring old replaced by new.
  `rfind`(sub[, start[, end]]) | Return the highest index in S where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained within S[start:end].
  `rindex`(sub[, start[, end]]) | Return the highest index in S where substring sub is found, such that sub is contained within S[start:end].
  `rjust` | Return a right-justified string of length width.
  `rpartition` | Partition the string into three parts using the given separator.
  `rsplit` | Return a list of the words in the string, using sep as the delimiter string.
  `rstrip` | Return a copy of the string with trailing whitespace removed.
  `split` | Return a list of the words in the string, using sep as the delimiter string.
  `splitlines` | Return a list of the lines in the string, breaking at line boundaries.
  `startswith`(prefix[, start[, end]]) | Return True if S starts with the specified prefix, False otherwise.
  `strip` | Return a copy of the string with leading and trailing whitespace removed.
  `swapcase` | Convert uppercase characters to lowercase and lowercase characters to uppercase.
  `title` | Return a version of the string where each word is titlecased.
  `translate` | Replace each character in the string using the given translation table.
  `upper` | Return a copy of the string converted to uppercase.
  `zfill` | Pad a numeric string with zeros on the left, to fill a field of the given width.

  Attributes

  `info` | Return the UID info from the UID dictionary.
  `is_compressed` | Return `True` if a compressed transfer syntax UID.
  `is_deflated` | Return `True` if a deflated transfer syntax UID.
  `is_encapsulated` | Return `True` if an encasulated transfer syntax UID.
  `is_implicit_VR` | Return `True` if an implicit VR transfer syntax UID.
  `is_little_endian` | Return `True` if a little endian transfer syntax UID.
  `is_private` | Return `True` if the UID isn’t an officially registered DICOM UID.
  `is_retired` | Return `True` if the UID is retired, `False` otherwise or if private.
  `is_transfer_syntax` | Return `True` if a transfer syntax UID.
  `is_valid` | Return `True` if self is a valid UID, `False` otherwise.
  `name` | Return the UID name from the UID dictionary.
  `type` | Return the UID type from the UID dictionary.

  `info`

    Return the UID info from the UID dictionary.

  `is_compressed`

    Return `True` if a compressed transfer syntax UID.

  `is_deflated`

    Return `True` if a deflated transfer syntax UID.

  `is_encapsulated`

    Return `True` if an encasulated transfer syntax UID.

  `is_implicit_VR`

    Return `True` if an implicit VR transfer syntax UID.

  `is_little_endian`

    Return `True` if a little endian transfer syntax UID.

  `is_private`

    Return `True` if the UID isn’t an officially registered DICOM UID.

  `is_retired`

    Return `True` if the UID is retired, `False` otherwise or if private.

  `is_transfer_syntax`

    Return `True` if a transfer syntax UID.

  `is_valid`

    Return `True` if self is a valid UID, `False` otherwise.

  `name`

    Return the UID name from the UID dictionary.

  `type`

    Return the UID type from the UID dictionary.