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Strings (The Type) : Python Documentation For This Video

Strings are a data type that represent text data in Python. Strings can be created using single quotes, double quotes, or triple quotes and support various methods like find(), lower(), and formatting characters. Strings can be combined or multiplied and behave as sequences that support indexing, slicing, and string methods.

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Strings are a data type that represent text data in Python. Strings can be created using single quotes, double quotes, or triple quotes and support various methods like find(), lower(), and formatting characters. Strings can be combined or multiplied and behave as sequences that support indexing, slicing, and string methods.

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 Strings (the str type)

Strings

Open a REPL to start exploring Python strings:

$ python3.6

We’ve already worked with a string when we created our “Hello, World!” program. We create
strings using either single quotes ('), double quotes ("), or triple single or double quotes for a
multi-line string:

>>> 'single quoted string'


'single quoted string'
>>> "double quoted string"
'double quoted string'
>>> '''
... this is a triple
... quoted string
... '''
'\nthis is a triple\nquoted string\n'

Strings also work with some arithmetic operators.

We can combine strings using the + operator and multiply a string by a number using the *
operator:

>>> "pass" + "word"


'password'
>>> "Ha" * 4
'HaHaHaHa'

A string is a sequence of characters grouped together. We need to cover the concept of an


“Object” in object-oriented programming before moving on.

An “object” encapsulates two things:

1. State
2. Behavior

For the built-in types, the state makes sense because it’s the entire contents of the object. The
behavior aspect means that there are functions that we can call on the instances of the objects
that we have. A function bound to an object is called a “method”. Here are some example
methods that we can call on strings:

find locates the first instance of a character (or string) in a string. This function returns the index
of the character or string:
>>> "double".find('s')
-1
>>> "double".find('u')
2
>>> "double".find('bl')
4

lower converts all of the characters in a string to their lowercase versions (if they have one).
This function returns a new string without changing the original, and this becomes important
later:

>>> "TeStInG".lower() # "testing"


'testing'
>>> "another".lower()
'another'
>>> "PassWord123".lower()
'password123'

Lastly, if we need to use quotes or special characters in a string we can do that using the '’'
character:

>>> print("Tab\tDelimited")
Tab Delimited
>>> print("New\nLine")
New
Line
>>> print("Slash\\Character")
Slash\Character
>>> print("'Single' in Double")
'Single' in Double
>>> print('"Double" in Single')
"Double" in Single
>>> print("\"Double\" in Double")
"Double" in Double

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