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It contains 18 Python string programs,

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practice.

The solution is provided for all questions.

All string programs are tested on Python 3

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Table of contents

Exercise 1A: Create a string made of the first,

middle and last character

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Exercise 1B: Create a string made of the

middle three characters
Exercise 2: Append new string in the middle of
a given string
Exercise 3: Create a new string made of the
first, middle, and last characters of each input
string
Exercise 4: Arrange string characters such that
lowercase letters should come first
Exercise 5: Count all letters, digits, and special
symbols from a given string
Exercise 6: Create a mixed String using the
following rules
Exercise 7: String characters balance Test
Exercise 8: Find all occurrences of a substring
in a given string by ignoring the case
Exercise 9: Calculate the sum and average of
the digits present in a string
Exercise 10: Write a program to count
occurrences of all characters within a string
Exercise 11: Reverse a given string

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Exercise 12: Find the last position of a given

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Exercise 16: Removal all characters from a
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Exercise 17: Find words with both alphabets
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Exercise 18: Replace each special symbol with
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Exercise 1A: Create a string made

of the first, middle and last
character

Write a program to create a new string made of an

input string’s first, middle, and last character.

Given:

str1 = "James"

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Expected Output:

Jms

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String index always starts with 0

Use string indexing to get the character

present at the given index

Get the index of the middle character by

dividing string length by 2

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Use string indexing to get the character

present at the given index.

Use str1[0] to get the first character of a

string and add it to the result variable

Next, get the middle character’s index by

dividing string length by 2. x = len(str1)
/2 . Use str1[x] to get the middle
character and add it to the result variable

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Use str1[len(str1)-1] to get the last

character of a string and add it to the
result variable

print result variable to display new string

str1 = 'James'
print("Original String is", str1)

# Get first character

res = str1[0]

# Get string size

l = len(str1)
# Get middle index number
mi = int(l / 2)
# Get middle character and add it to result
res = res + str1[mi]

# Get last character and add it to result

res = res + str1[l - 1]

print("New String:", res)

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Exercise 1B: Create a string made of

the middle three characters

Write a program to create a new string made of the

middle three characters of an input string.

Given:

Case 1 Case 2

str1 = "JhonDipPeta" str2 = "JaSonAy"

Output Output

Dip Son

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Get the middle character’s index using x =

len(str1) /2 .

Use string slicing to get the middle three

characters starting from the middle index to
the next two character str1[middle_index-
1:middle_index+2]

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def get_middle_three_chars(str1):
print("Original String is", str1)

# first get middle index number

mi = int(len(str1) / 2)

# use string slicing to get result char

res = str1[mi - 1:mi + 2]
print("Middle three chars are:", res)

get_middle_three_chars("JhonDipPeta")
get_middle_three_chars("JaSonAy")

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Exercise 2: Append new string in

the middle of a given string

Given two strings, s1 and s2 . Write a program to

create a new string s3 by appending s2 in the
middle of s1 .

Given:

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s1 = "Ault"
s2 = "Kelly"

Expected Output:

AuKellylt

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First, get the middle index number of s1 by

dividing s1’s length by 2

Use string slicing to get the character from

s1 starting from 0 to the middle index
number and store it in x

concatenate x and s2 . x = x + s2

concatenate x and remeaning character

from s1

print x

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def append_middle(s1, s2):

print("Original Strings are", s1, s2)

# middle index number of s1

mi = int(len(s1) / 2)

# get character from 0 to the middle in

x = s1[:mi:]
# concatenate s2 to it
x = x + s2
# append remaining character from s1
x = x + s1[mi:]
print("After appending new string in mi

append_middle("Ault", "Kelly")

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Exercise 3: Create a new string

made of the first, middle, and last
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The latest headlines

from the Financial Times

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Given two strings, s1 and s2 , write a program to

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return a new string made of s1 and s2’s first,
middle, and last characters.

Given:

s1 = "America"
s2 = "Japan"

Expected Output:

AJrpan

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+ Show Hint

+ Show Solution

Exercise 4: Arrange string

characters such that lowercase
letters should come first

Given string contains a combination of the lower

and upper case letters. Write a program to arrange
the characters of a string so that all lowercase
letters should come first.

Given:

str1 = PyNaTive

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Expected Output:

yaivePNT

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Exercise 5: Count all letters, digits,

and special symbols from a given
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string

Given:

str1 = "P@#yn26at^&i5ve"

Expected Outcome:

Total counts of chars, digits, and symbols

Chars = 8
Digits = 3
Symbol = 4

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Exercise 6: Create a mixed String

using the following rules

Given two strings, s1 and s2. Write a program to

create a new string s3 made of the first char of s1,
then the last char of s2, Next, the second char of s1
and second last char of s2, and so on. Any leftover
chars go at the end of the result.

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Given:

s1 = "Abc"
s2 = "Xyz"

Expected Output:

AzbycX

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Exercise 7: String characters

balance Test

Write a program to check if two strings are

balanced. For example, strings s1 and s2 are
balanced if all the characters in the s1 are present in
s2. The character’s position doesn’t matter.

Given:

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NEWS

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Case 1: Case 2:

s1 = "Yn" s1 = "Ynf"
s2 = "PYnative" s2 = "PYnative"

Expected Output: Expected Output:

True False Read article

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Iterate each character from a string s1 and check

if the current character is present in the string s2.

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Exercise 8: Find all occurrences of a

substring in a given string by
ignoring the case

Write a program to find all occurrences of “USA” in

a given string ignoring the case.

Given:

str1 = "Welcome to USA. usa awesome, isn't i

Expected Outcome:

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The USA count is: 2

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Use the string function count()

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Exercise 9: Calculate the sum and

average of the digits present in a
string

Given a string s1, write a program to return the sum

and average of the digits that appear in the string,
ignoring all other characters.

Given:

str1 = "PYnative29@#8496"

Expected Outcome:

Sum is: 38 Average is 6.333333333333333

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Iterate each character from a string s1 and check

if the current character is digit using the
isdigit() function

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Exercise 10: Write a program to

count occurrences of all characters
within a string

Given:

str1 = "Apple"

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Expected Outcome:

{'A': 1, 'p': 2, 'l': 1, 'e': 1}

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Use the string function count()

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Exercise 11: Reverse a given string

Given:

str1 = "PYnative"

Expected Output:

evitanYP

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Use negative slicing

Or use the built-in function reversed() .

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Exercise 12: Find the last position

of a given substring

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Write a program to find the last position of a

substring “Emma” in a given string.

Given:

str1 = "Emma is a data scientist who knows P

Expected Output:

Last occurrence of Emma starts at index 43

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Use the string function rfind()

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Exercise 13: Split a string on

hyphens

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Write a program to split a given string on hyphens

and display each substring.

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Given:

str1 = Emma-is-a-data-scientist

Expected Output:

Displaying each substring

Emma
is

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a
data
scientist

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Use the string function split()

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Exercise 14: Remove empty strings

from a list of strings

Given:

str_list = ["Emma", "Jon", "", "Kelly", None

Expected Output:

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Original list of sting

['Emma', 'Jon', '', 'Kelly', None, 'Eric',

After removing empty strings

['Emma', 'Jon', 'Kelly', 'Eric']

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Use the built-in function filter() to

remove empty strings from a list

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Or use the for loop and if condition to

remove the empty strings from a list

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Exercise 15: Remove special

symbols / punctuation from a
string

Given:

str1 = "/*Jon is @developer & musician"

Expected Output:

"Jon is developer musician"

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Use string functions translate() and

maketrans()

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Use the translate() function to get a new

string where specified characters are
replaced with the character described in a
dictionary or a mapping table.

Use the maketrans() function to create a

mapping table.

Or Use the regex in Python. See Python regex

replace.

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Exercise 16: Removal all characters

from a string except integers

Given:

str1 = 'I am 25 years and 10 months old'

Expected Output:

2510

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Use the string function isdigit()

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Exercise 17: Find words with both

alphabets and numbers

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Write a program to find words with both alphabets

and numbers from an input string.

Given:

str1 = "Emma25 is Data scientist50 and AI Ex

Expected Output:

Emma25
scientist50

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+ Show Hint

Use the built-in function any() with the

combination of string functions isalpha() and
isdigit()

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Exercise 18: Replace each special

symbol with # in the following
string

Given:

str1 = '/*Jon is @developer & musician!!'

Expected Output:

##Jon is #developer # musician##

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