IntroToPython_String.ipynb

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    "## String Manipulation\n",
    "\n",
    "Strings in Python can be enclosed in either single quotes (') or double quotes (\"), or three of each (''' or \"\"\")"
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    "print(type('This is a string.') )\n",
    "print(type(\"And so is this.\") )\n",
    "print(type(\"\"\"and this.\"\"\") )\n",
    "print(type('''and even this...''') )\n",
    "\n",
    "# Triple quoted strings can even span multiple lines:\n",
    "\n",
    "message = \"\"\"This message will\n",
    "span several\n",
    "lines.\"\"\"\n",
    "print(message)\n",
    "\n",
    "print(\"\"\"This message will span\n",
    "several lines\n",
    "of the text.\"\"\")\n",
    "\n",
    "# String Concatenation and Replication\n",
    "# Concat with + operator\n",
    "'Alice' + 'Bob'\n",
    "\n",
    "# Concat string with int ?\n",
    "'Alice' + 42\n",
    "\n",
    "# Multiply string with another int?\n",
    "'Hello' * 5\n",
    "\n",
    "# Multiply between strings\n",
    "'Alice' * 'Bob'\n",
    "\n",
    "# Multiply string and float ?\n",
    "'Alice' * 5.0"
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    "Escape Characters - lets you use characters that are otherwise impossible to put into a string. An escape character consists of a backslash () followed by the character you want to add to the string."
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    "spam = 'Say hi to Bob\\'s mother.'\n",
    "print(spam)"
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    "Raw Strings - You can place an r before the beginning quotation mark of a string to make it a raw string. A raw string completely ignores all escape characters and prints any backslash that appears in the string."
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    " print(r'That is Carol\\'s cat.')\n",
    "    \n",
    "# Indexing and Slicing Strings\n",
    "\n",
    "spam = 'Hello world!'\n",
    "spam[0]\n",
    "spam[4]\n",
    "spam[-1]\n",
    "spam[1:5]\n",
    "spam[:5]\n",
    "spam[6:]\n",
    "\n",
    "# The in and not in Operators with Strings\n",
    "# How do you think this looks like in bytes?\n",
    "\n",
    "'Hello' in 'Hello World'\n",
    "'HELLO' in 'Hello World'\n",
    "'cats' not in 'cats and dogs'"
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    "# Useful String Methods - upper(), lower(), isupper(), and islower()\n",
    "\n",
    "spam = 'Hello world!'\n",
    "spam = spam.upper()\n",
    "spam\n",
    "\n",
    "# There are plethora of String functions on Python docs"
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    "The isX String Methods - isalpha(), isalnum(), isdecimal(), isspace(), istitle() The startswith() and endswith() String Methods The join() and split() String Methods - ', '.join(['cats', 'rats', 'bats']) Justifying Text with rjust(), ljust(), and center() Removing Whitespace with strip(), rstrip(), and lstrip()"
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    "# Try out any string methods here\n",
    "\"hello123\".isalpha()"
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    "Next Discussion: Functions"
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