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Given the string s = "Example", what is the result of s[3]?

  • `a` (correct)
  • `m`
  • `x`
  • `E`

    • How can you access the last character of a string s using indexing?

  • `s[-1]`
  • `s[0]`
  • `s[len(s)-1]` and `s[-1]` (correct)
  • `s[len(s)]`

    • If s = "Incredible", how would you extract the substring "cred" using slicing?

  • `s[2:6]` (correct)
  • `s[3:6]`
  • `s[3:7]`
  • `s[2:5]`

    • Given s = "Artificial Intelligence", which slicing expression will produce "Intelli"?

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    If s = "Programming", how would you extract the substring "ramm" using slicing?

    <p><code>s[3:7]</code> (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For the string s = "Fantastic", how would you use negative indexing to access the character \'t\'?

    <p><code>s[-4]</code> (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Given s = "Example String", what does s[-6:-2] return?

    <p><code>&quot;Stri&quot;</code> (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can you reverse the string s = "Reverse" using slicing?

    <p><code>s[::-1]</code> (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Given the string 'abcdefghijklm', what is the result of the following slicing operation: s[1::2][::-1]?

    <p><code>mkgieca</code> (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For the string s = 'PythonIsFun', what code snippet can be used to extract the substring 'Is'?

    <p><code>s[-7:-5]</code> (A), <code>s[6:8]</code> (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following slicing operations would extract the substring 'gram' from the string 'Programming'?

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    For the string s = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', what will the following code snippet produce: s[1::3][::-1] ?

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    Which of the following slicing operations will extract the substring 'pen' from the string 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy pen'?

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    Given the string s = 'PythonIsFun', what is the result of the slicing operation s[:4]?

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    Which of the following slicing operations will reverse the entire string s = 'abcdefghijklm'?

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    What is the result of the following Python code: s = '123456789'; s[1::2]?

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    Given the string s = 'Programming', what would s[:4] + 'Fun' + s[7:] produce?

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    If s = 'abcdefghij', what is the result of s[::2][::-1][1::2]?

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    Given s = 'HelloWorld', what does s.lower().title().swapcase() output?

    <p><code>hELLO wORLD</code> (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Consider s = '1a2b3c4d'. Which of these returns ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']?

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    If s = 'Python', what operation will produce 'PytWasn'?

    <p><code>s[:3] + 'Was' + s[4:]</code> (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Given s = 'Programming', How to extract 'program' from the given string?

    <p><code>s[:7]</code> (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If s = 'Data123', what does s.isalpha() and s.isalnum() return respectively?

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    Given s = 'hello WORLD', which operation changes the string to 'Hello World'?

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    What will be the output of the following code: result = 'Hello'.isalpha()?

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    What does the isdigit() method check for in a string?

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    What will result in the output when executing: result = ' Hello '.rstrip()?

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    What is the purpose of the replace() method?

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    If result = 'Hello World'.split(), what will result contain?

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    Given the line: result = ' Hello '.strip(), what is the value of result?

    <p>'Hello' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the join() method do with the provided iterable?

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    What does the method find(substring) return if the substring is not found in the string?

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    What will result = 'Hello World World'.index('World') output?

    <p>6 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the rfind(substring) method return when the substring appears multiple times?

    <p>The index of the last occurrence (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which function converts a Unicode code point into its corresponding character?

    <p>chr() (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following methods raises a ValueError when the substring is not found?

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    What does result = len('Hello') return?

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    What does the format() method do in the context of strings?

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    What will result = f'Hello, {name}!' output if name = 'World'?

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    Flashcards

    What is a string?

    A sequence of characters that can be accessed by indexing or slicing. In Python, a string is enclosed in single or double quotes.

    Explain string indexing.

    Accessing a single character in a string using its position (index). Indexing starts at 0 for the first character. Negative indexing goes backward from the end.

    How does string slicing work?

    Extracting a substring from a string by specifying a range of indices. The syntax is string[start:stop:step], where start is the index where the slice begins (inclusive), stop is the index where the slice ends (exclusive), and step is the stride between indices.

    When would you use string indexing?

    Use indexing when you want a specific character, such as getting the first letter of a word.

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    When would you use string slicing?

    Use slicing when you want a portion of a string, such as extracting a word or phrase.

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    Explain negative indexing.

    Retrieving a specific character from a string based on its position from the end. Negative indices start from -1 for the last character, -2 for the second to last, and so on.

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    How do negative indices work with string slicing?

    Using negative indices for slicing. It allows you to extract substrings from the end of the string. The pattern is [::-1] to reverse the string.

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    How to reverse a string using slicing?

    It's a technique to transform the string into its reverse. Achieve it by using slicing with step -1.

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    String

    A sequence of characters. Strings can be used to store text, such as words or sentences.

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    Slicing

    To extract a specific portion of the string. Its syntax is [start:end:step].

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    Indexing

    Returns the character at the specified position. Remember, Python starts counting characters from 0.

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    Slicing from start to end

    Returns the entire string from the start to the specified character, excluding the character at the end position.

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    Slicing from a specific character

    Starts the slicing process from the specified character, and moves towards the last character.

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    Extracting every second character

    It selects every second character starting from the second character. [1::2] is the syntax for this process.

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    Reversing a string using slicing

    This action reverses the order of characters in a string. Syntax: [::-1]

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    Accessing the last character

    Returns the last character of a string. This is done by indexing with '-1'.

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    String Replacement with "replace"

    A function that replaces a specific part of a string with another string, resulting in a modified string.

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    String Indexing

    A way to get a specific character or a portion of a string using its index. The index starts from 0 for the first character, 1 for the second, and so on. For example, "Hello"[0] will give you "H".

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    String Slicing

    A method that retrieves a portion of a string based on starting and ending indices. It allows you to select a substring from a larger string.

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    String Concatenation

    A technique for creating a new string by combining parts of existing strings. It allows you to concatenate strings together.

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    String Reversing

    A string operation that combines characters or substrings from different positions in a string to generate a new string. It's like shuffling the characters in a string.

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    Step in String Slicing

    A type of string slicing that extracts characters at specific intervals from a string. For example, a step of 2 will extract every second character.

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    String Lowercase Conversion

    A method that converts all characters in a string to lowercase. For example, 'HELLO' becomes 'hello'.

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    isalpha()

    Checks if all characters in a string are alphabetical (a-z or A-Z).

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    isdigit()

    Checks if all characters in a string are digits (0-9).

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    islower()

    Checks if all characters in a string are lowercase.

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    isupper()

    Checks if all characters in a string are uppercase.

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    isspace()

    Checks if all characters in a string are whitespace (spaces, tabs, etc.).

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    strip()

    Removes leading and trailing whitespace from a string.

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    lstrip()

    Removes leading whitespace from a string.

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    rstrip()

    Removes trailing whitespace from a string.

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    What does the 'find()' method do?

    Finds the first occurrence of a substring within a string and returns its index (position). If not found, returns -1.

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    What does the 'rfind()' method do?

    Finds the last occurrence of a substring within a string and returns its index. If not found, returns -1.

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    What does the 'index()' method do?

    Similar to 'find()', but raises a ValueError if the substring is not found.

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    What does the 'rindex()' method do?

    Similar to 'rfind()', but raises a ValueError if the substring is not found.

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    What is the 'format()' method used for?

    A powerful way to format strings using placeholders. Placeholders are replaced with values during the formatting process.

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    What are f-strings?

    A newer method introduced in Python 3.6 for formatting strings. It uses curly braces {} to embed variables and expressions directly within the string.

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    What does the 'len()' function do?

    Returns the length of a string. Counts the number of characters.

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    Study Notes

    String Indexing and Slicing

    • Indexing accesses a single character in a string by its position (index).
    • Indexes start at 0 for the first character and can be negative to count backward from the end.
    • Example: string[0] gives the first character.

    String Slicing

    • Slicing extracts a substring from a string using a range of indices.
    • The syntax is string[start:stop:step].
      • start: The index where the slice begins (inclusive).
      • stop: The index where the slice ends (exclusive).
      • step: The stride between indices.
    • Example: string[1:4] gives characters from index 1 to 3.

    Indexing vs. Slicing

    • Indexing retrieves individual characters.
    • Slicing retrieves a substring.
    • Indexing uses a single index; slicing uses start, stop, and step indices.
    • Indexing is for specific characters; slicing is for extracting parts of a string.

    When to Use Indexing or Slicing

    • Indexing: Use when you need a single character, such as the first or last character.
    • Slicing: Use when you need a part of the string, like a word or phrase.

    Practice Questions and Answers (Page 2)

    • Indexing Practice:

      • s[7] returns 'w' in the string "Hello, World!".
      • Accessing the last character of "Python" is s[-1].

    • Slicing Practice:

      • To extract "gram" from "Programming", use s[3:7].
      • To extract "World" from "Hello, World!", use s[7:12].

    • Indexing and Slicing Combined:

      • In "Data Science", get "Data" with s[:4].
      • Get the first letter of "Science" with s[5].

    • Negative Indexing and Slicing:

      • In "OpenAI", get 'I' with s[-1].
      • Extract "pen" from "OpenAI" with s[-5:-2].

    • Advanced Slicing:

      • Reverse "Python" with s[::-1].
      • Extract every second character of "123456789" starting from the second character with s[1::2].

    Complex Questions on Indexing and Slicing (Page 3)

    • Extract Alternating Characters and Reverse:

      • Given "abcdefghijklm", extract every second character starting from the first, then reverse the result.
      • This gives "acegikm" then reversed "mkgieca".

    • Nested Slicing:

      • Given "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", extract every third letter starting from the second letter, then reverse the result.
      • This gives "BDFHJLNPRTXVZ" then reversed "ZVXTRPNLJHFD".

    String Methods (Page 5-8)

    • Case Conversion:

      • .lower(): Converts all characters to lowercase.
      • .upper(): Converts all characters to uppercase.
      • .capitalize(): Converts the first character to uppercase, the rest to lowercase.
      • .title(): Capitalizes the first letter of each word.
      • .swapcase(): Swaps uppercase and lowercase characters.

    • String Checking:

      • .isalnum(): True if all characters are alphanumeric.
      • .isalpha(): True if all characters are alphabetic.
      • .isdigit(): True if all characters are digits.
      • .islower(): True if all characters are lowercase.
      • .isupper(): True if all characters are uppercase.
      • .isspace(): True if all characters are whitespace.

    • String Manipulation:

      • .strip(): Removes leading/trailing whitespace.
      • .lstrip(): Removes leading whitespace.
      • .rstrip(): Removes trailing whitespace.
      • .replace(old, new): Replaces occurrences of a substring.
      • .split(separator): Splits the string into a list using a separator.
      • .join(iterable): Joins elements of an iterable into a string.

    • Searching:

      • .find(substring): Returns the index of the first occurrence of a substring.
      • .rfind(substring): Returns the index of the last occurrence of a substring.
      • .index(substring): Similar to .find(), but raises a ValueError if the substring is not found.
      • .rindex(substring): Similar to .rfind(), but raises a ValueError if the substring is not found.

    • Formatting (Page 9):

      • .format(*args, **kwargs): Formats the string using placeholders.
      • f-strings: A newer way to format strings, introduced in Python 3.6.

    • Built-in Functions (Page 10):

      • len(): Returns the length of a string.
      • str(): Converts an object to a string.
      • ord(): Returns the Unicode code point of a character.
      • chr(): Returns the character corresponding to a Unicode codepoint.

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