Summary of Strings in Python - Advanced Python 05 - Programming Tutorial
Main Ideas and Concepts
- Definition of Strings: Strings are ordered, immutable collections of characters used for text representation in Python.
- Creating Strings: Strings can be created using single quotes (
'
) or double quotes ("
). Triple quotes ('''
or"""
) are used for multi-line Strings and documentation. - String Indexing and Slicing: Strings can be indexed like lists, starting from 0 for the first character. Negative Indexing allows access to characters from the end of the string. Slicing is used to obtain substrings using the syntax
my_string[start:stop]
. - String Concatenation: Strings can be concatenated using the
+
operator. - Iterating Over Strings: Strings can be iterated using a
for
loop. - Membership Testing: The
in
keyword checks if a character or substring exists within a string. - String Methods: Common String Methods include:
.strip()
: Removes whitespace from both ends..upper()
: Converts all characters to uppercase..lower()
: Converts all characters to lowercase..startswith()
: Checks if a string starts with a specified substring..endswith()
: Checks if a string ends with a specified substring..find()
: Returns the index of the first occurrence of a substring..count()
: Counts occurrences of a character or substring..replace()
: Replaces occurrences of a substring with another substring..split()
: Splits a string into a list based on a delimiter.''.join()
: Joins elements of a list into a string.
- Performance Considerations: Using
''.join()
is preferred over Concatenation in a loop for performance reasons. - String Formatting: Three methods of formatting Strings:
Detailed Bullet Point Instructions
- Creating Strings:
- Use single or double quotes:
my_string = "Hello, World!"
- For Strings with quotes inside, escape them or use different quotes:
valid_string1 = 'I\'m a programmer'
valid_string2 = "I'm a programmer"
- Use single or double quotes:
- Accessing Characters:
- Use Indexing:
first_char = my_string[0] # 'H'
last_char = my_string[-1] # '!'
- Use Indexing:
- Slicing Strings:
- Basic slicing:
substring = my_string[1:5] # 'ello'
- Slicing with step:
every_second_char = my_string[::2] # 'Hlo ol!'
- Basic slicing:
- Concatenating Strings:
- Use
+
:full_greeting = greeting + " " + name # 'Hello Tom'
- Use
- Iterating Over Strings:
- Example:
for char in my_string: print(char)
- Example:
- Using String Methods:
- Removing whitespace:
cleaned_string = my_string.strip()
- Changing case:
upper_case = my_string.upper()
- Finding substrings:
index = my_string.find("World") # Returns index of 'W'
- Removing whitespace:
- Joining a List into a String:
- Using
join()
:joined_string = ' '.join(my_list) # 'Hello World'
- Using
- String Formatting:
- Old style:
formatted_string = "Hello, %s" % name
- Format method:
formatted_string = "Hello, {}".format(name)
- F-Strings:
formatted_string = f"Hello, {name}"
- Old style:
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