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What does string padding involve?
Which method is used to add spaces to the end of a string in Python?
If you want to pad a string with dashes to the left until it reaches a length of 10, which method would you use?
What will be the output of the following code?
text = 'Python'
padded_text = text.rjust(10, '-')
print(padded_text)
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How does the str.center() method work?
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What is the purpose of string splitting in Python?
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Which of the following correctly describes a property of strings in Python?
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What will the following code output?
text = 'Python'
padded_text = text.center(10, '*')
print(padded_text)
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What is the primary purpose of the join() method in Python?
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What does the find() method return when the searched substring is not found?
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Which method raises an error when a substring is not found?
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What is required to use regular expressions in Python?
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What will be the output of the following code: print('Hello'[::-1])?
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What does the len() function return when provided with the string 'Python'?
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What is obtained by the match.group(1) method in regex?
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How do you extract multiple groups from a regex match in Python?
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What regex pattern is used to capture age in the given example 'John Doe (42 years old)'?
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What will be the output of re.search(r'xyz', 'Hello world')?
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What will be the output of print(len((1,2,3)))
?
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What error is raised when trying to use len()
on a boolean value?
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What does the len()
function return when applied to a dictionary with two key-value pairs?
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How can you access the last character of the string String1 = 'GeeksForGeeks'
using negative indexing?
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What is the maximum index that can be used to access the character in a string of length 10?
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What will be the output of print(len(range(1, 10)))
?
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Which of the following correctly demonstrates the use of the len()
function on a custom object?
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Which of the following operations is NOT a basic string operation?
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What will an IndexError signify when working with strings?
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When using indexing, which statement about accessing characters in a string is true?
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What will be the output of the following code? text = 'Hello world, how are you today?'; words = text.split(); print(words)
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Which statement about the split()
method is true?
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How does the maxsplit
argument in the split()
method function?
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What will be the output of the following code? price = 12.3456; formatted_price = f'The price is ${price:.2f}'; print(formatted_price)
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What will the output be when the function access_char_by_index is called with the string 'GeeksforGeeks ' and the index 4?
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What is the purpose of the strip()
method in Python?
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What is needed to insert a string into another string using the insert_demo function?
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What will be the result of executing this code? text = '!!!Hello, World!!!'; clean_text = text.strip('!'); print(clean_text)
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Which of the following correctly demonstrates string concatenation in Python?
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In the replace_character_at_index function, how is the original string modified?
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Which character would be removed from the string 'geeksforgeeks' when using the removeChar function with 'g' as the input?
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What will the output be if we run this code? delimiter = ' '; my_list = ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry']; result = delimiter.join(my_list); print(result)
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What is the main function of f-strings in Python?
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What will the modified string be after executing insert_demo with 'GeeksGeeks ' as the original string, 'for' to insert, and 5 as the index?
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Which method can be used to replace specific characters within a string?
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What is the purpose of the character 'ch' in the context of modifying a string?
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If the original string is 'Geeks For Geeks' and we replace the character at index 6 with 'F', what will the modified string return?
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When concatenating strings, which method can be used to combine two strings in Python?
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Which combination of a character and its index would be appropriate for deleting a character from a string?
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If the character at index 3 of the string 'Programming' is replaced with 'X', what will the new string look like?
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Study Notes
String Manipulation in Python
- Strings are fundamental data structures in Python, represented as sequences of characters with single ('...') or double ("...") quotes.
- They are immutable, meaning once created, they cannot be modified, but new strings can be created via concatenation or slicing.
String Padding
- String padding adds characters to the ends of a string to reach a specified length.
- Use
str.ljust()
,str.rjust()
, andstr.center()
for left, right, and center padding respectively. - Example of padding with
ljust()
:text = "Python" padded_text = text.ljust(10)
- Padding can also use custom characters, such as dashes or asterisks.
String Splitting
- Splitting divides a string into substrings based on a specified delimiter using
str.split()
. - By default,
split()
uses whitespace as the delimiter. - Specify custom delimiters like commas or dashes. Example:
text = "apple-banana-orange" fruits = text.split('-')
F-Strings for Formatting
- Available in Python 3.6+, f-strings allow dynamic value embedding in strings.
- Use
{}
braces to include variables. Example:name = "Alice" age = 30 greeting = f"Hello, my name is {name} and I'm {age}."
Eliminating Unnecessary Characters
- The
strip()
method removes leading or trailing characters. - For example:
text = "!!!Hello!!!" clean_text = text.strip("!")
Concatenating Strings
- Strings can be concatenated using the
+
operator or thejoin()
method for lists. - Example using
+
:result = "Hello" + " " + "world"
- Example using
join()
:result = " ".join(["apple", "banana", "cherry"])
Searching for Substrings
- Use
find()
to locate substrings; returns -1 if not found, whileindex()
raises an error. - Example:
title = 'How to search substrings' print(title.find('search')) # Returns index
Regular Expressions for Complex Tasks
- Regular expressions (regex) are used for pattern matching and string manipulation; import the
re
module. - Example of using regex to search:
import re match = re.search("fox", "The quick brown fox")
Reversing Strings
- Strings can easily be reversed using slicing:
name = "Peter" print(name[::-1]) # Outputs: reteP
String Length with len() Function
- The
len()
function returns the number of characters in a string. - Example:
print(len("Geeksforgeeks")) # Outputs: 13
Accessing Characters
- Characters can be accessed via indexing, using positive and negative indices.
- Example:
string = "GeeksForGeeks" print(string[0]) # First character print(string[-1]) # Last character
Basic String Operations
- Basic operations include accessing, inserting, modifying, and deleting characters, concatenation, and comparison.
- Example of inserting a character:
modified_string = original_string[:k] + ch + original_string[k:]
Deleting Characters
- To delete a character, iterate through the string, avoiding the target character.
- Example implementation:
def removeChar(s, c): return ''.join([char for char in s if char != c])
Concatenating Strings
- Strings can also be concatenated using
+
or through various methods for combining sequences easily.
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Explore the fundamentals of string manipulation in Python. This quiz covers the essential techniques of creating, concatenating, and slicing strings, which are vital for every Python programmer. Understand the immutability of strings and become proficient in handling this core data structure.