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Strings are essential data structures for representing sequences of characters, with various storage methods including arrays of characters and abstract String classes in higher-level languages. Common operations on strings include concatenation, substring extraction, searching, replacement, determining length, comparison, and splitting/joining. Different programming languages provide specific methods and operators to perform these operations efficiently.

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Strings are essential data structures for representing sequences of characters, with various storage methods including arrays of characters and abstract String classes in higher-level languages. Common operations on strings include concatenation, substring extraction, searching, replacement, determining length, comparison, and splitting/joining. Different programming languages provide specific methods and operators to perform these operations efficiently.

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Strings are fundamental data structures used to represent sequences of characters.

In many
programming languages, strings are a type of data structure that provides built-in support for a variety of
operations, including concatenation, substring extraction, and comparison.

Storing Strings

1. Array of Characters: Strings can be stored as an array of characters. For example, in C or C++, a
string is often represented as a null-terminated array of characters (char array). In such
implementations, the end of the string is marked by a special null character (\0).

2. String Class: In higher-level languages like Python, Java, or C++, strings are typically stored in a
more abstract String class or type. These classes manage memory allocation and provide various
methods for string manipulation.

String Operations

1. Concatenation: Combining two or more strings into one. For instance, in Python, this can be
done using the + operator, while in Java, you can use the concat() method.

2. Substring Extraction: Extracting a portion of a string. For example, in Python, you can use slicing
(s[start:end]), while in Java, you can use the substring(start, end) method.

3. Searching: Finding a specific substring within a string. Python provides the find() method, while
Java has methods like indexOf().

4. Replacement: Replacing occurrences of a substring with another substring. In Python, you use
the replace() method, and in Java, you use replace() as well.

5. Length: Determining the length of a string, which counts the number of characters. In Python,
use len(), while in Java, use the length() method.

6. Comparison: Comparing two strings to determine their relative order or equality. Python
provides comparison operators (==, <, >), and Java has the compareTo() method.
7. Splitting and Joining: Splitting a string into an array of substrings based on a delimiter (e.g., split()
method in Python), and joining an array of strings into a single string with a delimiter (e.g., join()
method in Python).

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