Chap. 6 (Strings)

Question 1

Define a counter

Answer 1

A variable used to count something, usually initialized to zero and then incremented.

Question 2

Define Empty string

Answer 2

A string with no characters and length 0, represented by two quotation marks.

Question 3

Define flag

Answer 3

A Boolean variable used to indicate whether a variable is true or false.

Question 4

Define invocation

Answer 4

A statement that calls a method.

Question 5

Define Immutable

Answer 5

The proper of a sequence whose items cannot be assigned.

Question 6

Define index

Answer 6

An integer value used to select an item in a sequence, such as a character in a string.

Question 7

Define item

Answer 7

One of the values in a sequence

Question 8

Define method

Answer 8

A function that is associated with an object and called using a dot notation.

Question 9

Define object

Answer 9

Something a variable can refer to. For now, you can use “object” and “value” interchangeably.

Question 10

Define Search

Answer 10

A a pattern traversal that stops when it finds what it’s looking for

Question 11

Define Sequence

Answer 11

An ordered set; that is, a set of values in where each value is identified by an integer index.

Question 12

Define slice

Answer 12

A part of a string specified by a range of indices.

Question 13

Define traverse

Answer 13

To iterate through the items in a sequence, performing a similar operation on each.