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ITEC-425 / SENG-425: Python Programming Lab Lab 6: Strings Task 1

This document contains instructions and code snippets for 5 tasks related to string manipulation in Python. Task 1 has the user count the characters in a string without using len(). Task 2 uses len() to count characters. Task 3 extracts a float from a string after the colon. Task 4 slices strings and replaces a substring. Task 5 counts the words in a user-input string by splitting on spaces.

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ITEC-425 / SENG-425: Python Programming Lab Lab 6: Strings Task 1

This document contains instructions and code snippets for 5 tasks related to string manipulation in Python. Task 1 has the user count the characters in a string without using len(). Task 2 uses len() to count characters. Task 3 extracts a float from a string after the colon. Task 4 slices strings and replaces a substring. Task 5 counts the words in a user-input string by splitting on spaces.

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ITEC-425 / SENG-425: Python Programming Lab

Lab 6: Strings
Task 1
Write a program to calculate the length of a given message.

Note: In this case do this WITHOUT using the built-in len() function.

In [1]:
message = input("Enter a message: ")

count = 0

for letter in message:


count = count + 1

print("The length of message is ", count)

Enter a message: Hello, how are you doing?


The length of message is 25

Task 2
Modify the above program to use a the buil-in len() function to find the length of a
message.

In [2]:
message = input("Enter a message: ")
print("The length of the message is", len(message))

Enter a message: The weather is very nice.


The length of the message is 25

Task 3
Take the following Python code that stores a string:

str_val = 'X-DSPAM-Confidence:0.8475'

Use find() function and string slicing to extract the portion of the string after the colon
character and then use the float() function to convert the extracted string into a
floating point number. Verify by checking the type of the converted number.

In [3]:
str_val = 'X-DSPAM-Confidence:0.8475'

# first find the index position of the colon character


colon_pos = str_val.find(':')

# now slice the string starting from


# the next character after the above position until the end of the string
num_slice = str_val[colon_pos+1 :]

# check that we have the correct substring


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print(num_slice)

# now convert this substring to floating point value


float_num = float(num_slice)

# check that resulting value is of type float


print(type(float_num))

# print the resulting value


print(float_num)

0.8475
<class 'float'>
0.8475

Task 4
Consider the string give below, and the write python code to do the followig tasks:

str_val = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'

1. Print the slice of first 10 characters


2. Print the slice of last 10 characters
3. Replace the with a in the given string

In [4]:
str_val = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'

# 1. Print the slice of first 10 characters


print("The first 10 characters are:", str_val[0:10])

# 2. Print the slice of last 10 characters


print("The last 10 characters are:", str_val[-10:])

# 3. Replace 'the' with 'a'


new_string = str_val.replace('the', 'a')
print(new_string)

The first 10 characters are: the quick


The last 10 characters are: e lazy dog
a quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog

Task 5
Write a program that asks the user to input a message and displays the number of words
in the message.

Hint: You can split the sentence on spaces.

In [6]:
message = input("Enter your message: ")

# break the message into words by using the split() function


split_message = message.split()
print(split_message)

word_count = 0

for wd in split_message:
word_count = word_count + 1

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print("Your message has", word_count, "words")

Enter your message: to be or not to be, that is the question?


['to', 'be', 'or', 'not', 'to', 'be,', 'that', 'is', 'the', 'question?']
Your message has 10 words

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