String Manipulation

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String?


In computer science, a string is a piece of text or a collection of characters.
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A string can be stored in a variable, can be typed in by the end-user (input) or can be displayed on the screen (output).

print("Hello World")

In the above Python instruction: “Hello World” is a string. Notice the use of speech marks when using a string in code.

A string can be stored in a variable for instance.

greeting = "Hello"
print(greeting)

String Concatenation


The act of joining two strings together is called string concatenation.
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In Python string concatenation is done using the + sign:

firstname = "James"
print("Hello " + firstname)

String Manipulation Techniques


In computer programs it is often necessary to manipulate strings to:

  • Extract or truncate the first few characters of a string,
  • Extract or truncate some characters at the end of the string,
  • Find out the length (number of characters) of a string,
  • Convert a string from lowercase to UPPERCASE or vice-versa,
  • Check if a character has been used in a string,
  • Find out if a string contains a specific substring or word,
  • etc.

String Manipulation Challenges


Use our Block Programming tool to complete and test some String Manipulation challenges online.

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