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Python String QA

The document contains 30 questions and answers related to Python strings, covering topics such as string creation, manipulation, and built-in methods. Key concepts include string immutability, slicing, concatenation, and various string methods like upper, lower, and replace. It serves as a comprehensive guide for understanding and working with strings in Python.

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Python String QA

The document contains 30 questions and answers related to Python strings, covering topics such as string creation, manipulation, and built-in methods. Key concepts include string immutability, slicing, concatenation, and various string methods like upper, lower, and replace. It serves as a comprehensive guide for understanding and working with strings in Python.

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Python Strings – 30 Questions and Answers

1. What is a string in Python? A sequence of Unicode characters enclosed in single ('...'), double ("...") or
triple quotes ('''...''' / """...""").

2. How do you create a string?

s = "Hello, World!"

3. How to access the first character of a string?

s = "Python"
print(s[0]) # Output: P

4. What does len() do with strings? Returns the number of characters:

len("Hello") # Output: 5

5. How do you get the last character of a string?

s = "Python"
print(s[-1]) # Output: n

6. What is string slicing? Extracting part of a string:

s = "Python"
print(s[1:4]) # Output: yth

7. How do you concatenate two strings?

a = "Hello"
b = "World"
c = a + " " + b # Output: "Hello World"

8. Are strings mutable in Python? No, strings are immutable. You cannot change characters in place.

9. What does str.upper() do? Returns the string in uppercase:

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"hello".upper() # Output: "HELLO"

10. What does str.lower() do? Returns the string in lowercase:

"HELLO".lower() # Output: "hello"

11. How to remove whitespace from both ends of a string?

s = " Hello "


print(s.strip()) # Output: "Hello"

12. What does str.replace(old, new) do? Replaces all occurrences of old with new:

"banana".replace("a", "o") # Output: "bonono"

13. How to split a string into a list?

s = "a,b,c"
lst = s.split(",") # Output: ['a', 'b', 'c']

14. What does str.join() do? Joins elements of an iterable into a string:

".".join(['a', 'b', 'c']) # Output: "a.b.c"

15. How to check if a string starts with a prefix?

"Python".startswith("Py") # Output: True

16. How to check if a string ends with a suffix?

"Python".endswith("on") # Output: True

17. What does str.find() do? Returns the lowest index of the substring, or -1 if not found:

"banana".find("na") # Output: 2

18. What is str.count(sub)? Counts occurrences of sub:

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"banana".count("a") # Output: 3

19. How to repeat a string multiple times?

"ha" * 3 # Output: "hahaha"

20. How to check if a string is numeric?

"123".isnumeric() # Output: True

21. How to check if all characters are alphabetic?

"abc".isalpha() # Output: True

22. What is str.title()? Capitalizes the first letter of each word:

"hello world".title() # Output: "Hello World"

23. What does str.capitalize() do? Capitalizes only the first character:

"hello".capitalize() # Output: "Hello"

24. How to escape characters in strings? Use \ (backslash):

"He said, \"Hi!\"" # Output: He said, "Hi!"

25. What are raw strings? Prefix with r to ignore escape sequences:

r"C:\new\folder" # Output: C:\new\folder

26. How to reverse a string?

s = "Python"
print(s[::-1]) # Output: "nohtyP"

27. What does str.zfill(width) do? Pads the string with zeros on the left:

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"42".zfill(5) # Output: "00042"

28. How to center a string?

"hello".center(11, "*") # Output: "***hello***"

29. What is an f-string? Formatted string literal (Python 3.6+):

name = "Alice"
f"Hello, {name}!" # Output: "Hello, Alice!"

30. How to convert a number to a string?

str(123) # Output: "123"

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