Chapter 8 Key Terms

Question 1

Indexing

Answer 1

Is used to access individual elements of a sequence like strings, lists, or tuples.

Question 2

IndexError Exception

Answer 2

An exception occurs when you try to access an index that is outside the valid range of indices for a sequence.

Question 3

Concatenation

Answer 3

Combining two or more strings or sequences into a single string or sequence.

Question 4

Immutable

Answer 4

The content in strings cannot be changed once created.

Question 5

Slicing

Answer 5

Extract a portion of a sequence, such as a string or a list, by setting a start and end index.

Question 6

in

Answer 6

Is used to check if a particular element exists in a sequence.

Question 7

not in

Answer 7

Is used to check if a particular element does not exist in a sequence.

Question 8

isalnum

Answer 8

A way to check if all characters in a string are alphanumeric.

Question 9

isalpha

Answer 9

A way to check if all characters in a string are alphabetic.

Question 10

isdigit

Answer 10

A way to check if all characters in a string are digits.

Question 11

islower

Answer 11

A way to check if all characters in a string are in lowercase.

Question 12

isspace

Answer 12

A way to check if all characters in a string are whitespace characters.

Question 13

isupper

Answer 13

A way to check if all characters in a string are in uppercase.

Question 14

lower

Answer 14

A way to convert all characters in a string to lowercase.

Question 15

lstrip

Answer 15

A way to remove leading whitespace characters from a string. (Left)

Question 16

lstrip(char)

Answer 16

A way to remove leading occurrences of a certain character from a string. (Left)

Question 17

rstrip

Answer 17

A way to remove trailing whitespace characters from a string. (Right)

Question 18

rstrip(char)

Answer 18

A way to remove trailing occurrences of a certain character from a string. (Right)

Question 19

strip

Answer 19

A way to remove leading and trailing whitespace characters from a string.

Question 20

strip(char)

Answer 20

A way to remove leading and trailing occurrences of a certain character from a string.

Question 21

upper

Answer 21

A way to convert all characters in a string to uppercase.

Question 22

endswith

Answer 22

A way to verify if a string ends with a specified substring.

Question 23

find

Answer 23

A way to find the first occurrence of a substring in a string and return its index.

Question 24

replace

Answer 24

A way to replace occurrences of a substring with another substring.

Question 25

startswith

Answer 25

A way to verify if a string starts with a specified substring.

Question 26

Repetition Operator *s

Answer 26

Is used to repeat a sequence a specified number of times.

Question 27

split

Answer 27

A way to split a string into a list of substrings based on a certain delimiter.