Chapter 8

Question 1

Concatenation

Answer 1

Appending one string to the end of another string.

Question 2

Slice

Answer 2

Span of items taken from a sequence; also known as substring.

Question 3

in operator

Answer 3

You can use the in operator to determine whether one string is contained inside another string.

Question 4

not in operator

Answer 4

You can use the not in operator to determine whether one string is NOT contained inside another string.

Question 5

String methods

Answer 5

Strings in Python have many types of methods, divided into different types of operations. General format:

stringvar.method(argument)

Question 6

endswith(substring)

Answer 6

Checks if the string ends with substring. Returns True or False.

Question 7

startswith(substring)

Answer 7

Checks if the string starts with substring. Returns True or False.

Question 8

find(substring)

Answer 8

Searches for substring within the string. Returns lowest index of the substring, or if substring is not found, returns -1.

Question 9

replace(old, new)

Answer 9

Returns a copy of the new string where old is replaced with new.

Question 10

Repetition operator (*)

Answer 10

Makes multiple copies of a string and joins them together. General format:

string_to_copy * n

Question 11

split method

Answer 11

Returns a list containing the words in the string. By default, spaces are used as separators. Can specify a different separator by passing it as an argument, e.g. ‘/’.