String

String is a sequence of characters,which is enclosed

between either single (' ') or double quotes (" "),
python treats both single and double quotes same.
 String

Creating String
Creation of string in python is very easy.
e.g.
a=‘Computer Science'
b=“Informatics Practices“
Accessing String Elements
e.g.
('str-', 'Computer Sciene')
str='Computer Sciene' ('str[0]-', 'C')
print('str-', str) ('str[1:4]-', 'omp')
print('str[0]-', str[0]) ('str[2:]-', 'mputer Sciene')
print('str[1:4]-', str[1:4]) ('str *2-', 'Computer
print('str[2:]-', str[2:]) ScieneComputer Sciene')
print('str *2-', str *2 ) OUTPUT ("str +'yes'-", 'Computer
print("str +'yes'-", str +'yes') Scieneyes')
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Iterating/Traversing through string

Each character of the string can be accessed sequentially using for
C
loop. o
m
p
e.g. u
t
e
r
str='Computer Sciene‘ OUTPUT
S
for i in str:
c
print(i) i
e
n
e
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String comparison
We can use ( > , < , <= , <= , == , != ) to compare two strings. Python
compares string lexicographically i.e using ASCII value of the
characters.
Suppose you have str1 as "Maria" and str2 as "Manoj" . The first two
characters from str1 and str2 ( M and M ) are compared. As they are
equal, the second two characters are compared. Because they are also
equal, the third two characters ( r and n ) are compared. And because
'r' has greater ASCII value than ‘n' , str1 is greater than str2 .
e.g.program
OUTPUT
print("Maria" == "Manoj") False
print("Maria" != "Manoj") True
print("Maria" > "Manoj") True
print("Maria" >= "Manoj") True
print("Maria" < "Manoj") False
print("Maria" <= "Manoj") False
print("Maria" > "") True
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Updating Strings
String value can be updated by reassigning another value in
it.
e.g.
var1 = 'Comp Sc'
var1 = var1[:7] + ' with Python'
print ("Updated String :- ",var1 )

OUTPUT
('Updated String :- ', 'Comp Sc with Python')
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String Special Operators
e.g.
a=“comp”
B=“sc”
Operator Description Example
+ Concatenation – to add two strings a + b = comp sc
* Replicate same string multiple times (Repetition) a*2 = compcomp
[] Character of the string a[1] will give o
[:] Range Slice –Range string a[1:4] will give omp
in Membership check p in a will give 1
not in Membership check for non availability M not in a will give 1
% Format the string

print ("My Subject is %s and class is %d" % ('Comp Sc', 11))

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Format Symbol

%s -string conversion via str() prior to formatting

%i -signed decimal integer
%d -signed decimal integer
%u -unsigned decimal integer
%o -octal integer
%x -hexadecimal integer (lowercase letters)
%X -hexadecimal integer (UPPERcase letters)
%e -exponential notation (with lowercase 'e')
%E -exponential notation (with UPPERcase 'E')
%f -floating point real number
%c -character
%G -the shorter of %f and %E
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Triple Quotes
It is used to create string with multiple lines.

e.g.
Str1 = “””This course will introduce the learner to text
mining and text manipulation basics. The course begins
with an understanding of how text is handled by python”””
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String functions and methods
a=“comp”
b=“my comp”
Method Result Example
len() Returns the length of the string r=len(a) will be 4
str.capitalize() To capitalize the string r=a.capitalize() will be “COMP”
str.title() Will return title case string
str.upper() Will return string in upper case r=a.upper() will be “COMP”
str.lower() Will return string in lower case r=a.upper() will be “comp”
will return the total count of a
str.count() r=a.count(‘o’) will be 1
given element in a string
To find the substring r=a.find (‘m’) will be 2
str.find(sub)
position(starts from 0 index)
Return the string with replaced r=b.replace(‘my’,’your’) will be
str.replace()
sub strings ‘your comp’
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String functions and methods
a=“comp”
Method Result Example
r=a.index(‘om’)
str.index() Returns index position of substring
will be 1
String consists of only alphanumeric characters (no r=a.isalnum() will
str.isalnum()
symbols) return True
String consists of only alphabetic characters (no
str.isalpha()
symbols)
str.islower() String’s alphabetic characters are all lower case
str.isnumeric() String consists of only numeric characters
str.isspace() String consists of only whitespace characters
str.istitle() String is in title case
str.isupper() String’s alphabetic characters are all upper case
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String functions and methods
a=“comp”
Method Result Example
b=‘**comp’;
str.lstrip(char) Returns a copy of the string with leading/trailing
r=b.lstrin() will be
str.rstrip(char) characters removed
‘comp’

Removes specific character from leading and trailing

str.strip(char)
position

b=‘my comp’;
r=b.split() will be
str.split() Returns list of strings as splitted
[‘my’,‘comp’]

b=‘my comp’;
r=b.partition(‘co
str.partition() Partition the string on first occurrence of substring
mp’) will be
[‘my’,‘comp’]
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#Python Program to calculate the number of digits and
letters in a string

string=raw_input("Enter string:")
count1=0
count2=0
for i in string:
if(i.isdigit()):
count1=count1+1
count2=count2+1
print("The number of digits is:")
print(count1)
print("The number of characters is:")
print(count2)
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Searching for Substrings
E.g. program
METHOD NAME METHODS DESCRIPTION:
s = "welcome to python"
endswith(s1: str): bool Returns True if strings ends
with substring s1
print(s.endswith("thon"))
print(s.startswith("good"))
startswith(s1: str): bool Returns True if strings starts
with substring s1
print(s.find("come"))
print(s.find("become"))
count(substring): int Returns number of
occurrences of substring the
print(s.rfind("o"))
string print(s.count("o"))
find(s1): int Returns lowest index from
where s1 starts in the string, OUTPUT
if string not found returns -1 True
False
rfind(s1): int Returns highest index from 3
where s1 starts in the string, -1
if string not found returns -1
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