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01 Python Strings

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Python Strings

• Strings are contiguous set of characters.


• Python does not have a character data type; a single character is simply a string with a
length of 1.
• Square brackets can be used to access elements of the string.
• Strings are immutable. Updation or deletion of characters from a String is not allowed.

Creating a String

String1 = 'Welcome to the Python'


print("String with the use of Single Quotes: ")
print(String1)

# Creating a String with double Quotes


String1 = "Hello World"
print("\nString with the use of Double Quotes: ")
print(String1)

# Creating a String with triple Quotes


String1 = ‘’’It’s my life.’’’
print("\nString with the use of Triple Quotes: ")
print(String1)

# Creating String with triple Quotes allows multiple lines


String1 = ''' A for Apple
B for Ball
C for Cat'''
print("\nCreating a multiline String: ")
print(String1)

Accessing Characters

Negative index -5 -4 -3 -2 -1
String H E L L O
index 0 1 2 3 4

Individual characters of a String can be accessed by using Index. Index number starts at 0 for the 1st
character in the string.
Indexing also allows negative address references to access characters from the back of the String,
e.g. -1 refers to the last character, -2 refers to the second last character, and so on.

String Slicing

To access a range of characters in the String, the method of slicing is used. Slicing in a String is done
by using a Slicing operator (colon).

String1 = "Python Programming is fun"


print("Initial String: ")
print(String1)
# Printing 3rd to 12th character
print("\nSlicing characters from 3-12: ")
print(String1[3:12])

# Printing characters between 3rd and 2nd last character


print("\nSlicing characters between " + "3rd and 2nd last character: ")
print(String1[3:-2])

Deleting / Updating a String

In Python, Updation or deletion of characters from a String is not allowed. This will cause an error
because item assignment or item deletion from a String is not supported.

Although deletion of the entire String is possible with the use of a built-in del keyword.

This is because Strings are immutable, hence elements of a String cannot be changed once it has been
assigned. Only new strings can be reassigned to the same name.

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