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CHP 5: Python

1) Strings can be defined using single or double quotes and represent a sequence of characters that is treated as a single item. 2) String values can be assigned to variables and printed without the enclosing quotation marks. 3) Individual characters in a string can be accessed using indices, and slices of strings can be accessed using index ranges. 4) Strings support operations like concatenation, repetition, and various functions that parse and format string values.

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CHP 5: Python

1) Strings can be defined using single or double quotes and represent a sequence of characters that is treated as a single item. 2) String values can be assigned to variables and printed without the enclosing quotation marks. 3) Individual characters in a string can be accessed using indices, and slices of strings can be accessed using index ranges. 4) Strings support operations like concatenation, repetition, and various functions that parse and format string values.

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BIC3104/CC303

Chapter 5
Strings
String Literals

Written as a sequence of
characters surrounded by
Sequence of characters that is either single quotes (') or
treated as a single item double quotes (").
• Opening and closing quotation
marks must be the same type

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String Variables
Variables also can be assigned string values

Created (come into existence) the first time they appear in assignment
statements

When an argument of a print statement

• – Quotation marks not included in display

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Indices and Slices
• Position or index of a character in a string
– Identified with one of the numbers 0, 1, 2,
3, . . . .

FIGURE 2.4 Indices of the characters


of the string "spam & eggs".
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Indices and Slices
• If str1 is a string, then str1[m:n] is the
substring beginning at position m and ending
at position n - 1
– Example “spam & eggs”[2:7]

FIGURE 2.5Aid to visualizing slices.

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Indices and Slices
• Example 1: Program shows use of indices

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Negative Indices
• Python allows strings to be indexed by their
position with regards to the right
– Use negative numbers for indices.

FIGURE 2.6 Negative indices of the


characters of the string "spam &
eggs".
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Negative
Indices
• Example 2: Program illustrates negative
indices.

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Default Bounds for Slices
• Example 3: Program illustrates default
bounds

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R E S E RV E D .

Consisting of
Two strings can be the strings
combined to form a joined together
new string Represented by
a plus sign

String
Concatenation Combination of strings,
plus signs, functions, Called a string
and methods can be expression
evaluated
String Repetition
• Asterisk operator can be used with strings to
repeatedly concatenate a string with itself

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String Functions and
Methods

Table 2.3 String Operations (str1 = "Python")

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Chained Methods
• Lines can be combined into a single line said
to chain the two methods
– Executed from left to right

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The input Function
• Prompts the user to enter data

– User types response, presses ENTER key


– Entry assigned to variable on left

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The input
Function
• Example 4: Program parses a name

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More String
Functions
• Example 5:
Program
shows use
of int, float,
and eval
functions

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String Functions with
Numbers

• int and float also work with


numbers
• The str function converts a number to
its string representation
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Internal Documentation
Benefits of documentation
1. Other people easily understand program.
2. You can better understand program when
you read it later.
3. Long programs are easier to read
– Purposes of individual pieces can be determined
at a glance.

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Internal
Documentation
• Example 6: Program shows use of
documentation.

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Line
Continuation
• A long statement can be split across two or
more lines
– End each line with backslash character ( \ )
• Alternatively any code enclosed in a pair of
parentheses can span multiple lines.
– This is preferred style for most Python
programmers

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Indexing and Slicing Out of
Bounds
• Python does not allow out of bounds indexing
for individual characters of strings
– Does allow out of bounds indices for slices
• Given: str1 = “Python”
– Then print(str1[-7])
print(str1[7])

– These are OK

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