Programming

Question 1

What does “.lower ()” do in Python?

Answer 1

.lower() - Prints the quote in all lower case letters.

Question 2

What does “.upper ()” do in Python?

Answer 2

.upper() - Prints the quote in all upper case letters.

Question 3

What does “.title ()” do in Python?

Answer 3

.title() - Prints the first letter of each word as a capital letter. 

Question 4

What does “.capitalize ()” do in Python?

Answer 4

.capitalize() - It prints the quote; the first letter of the sentence with a capital letter.

Question 5

What does “.strip ()” do in Python?

Answer 5

.strip() - It prints the quote; the first letter of the sentence with a capital letter.

Question 6

What does “.replace (“excellent”, “outstanding”)” in Python?

Answer 6

.replace(“excellent”, “outstanding”) - It prints the quote but replaces “excellent” with “outstanding”.

Question 7

What does “.centre (500)” do in Python?

Answer 7

.centre(500) - It prints the quote in the centre.

Question 8

Strings as arrays (lists):

Answer 8

Each character in a string has an index (position).

Question 9

Slicing strings:

Answer 9

You can also create substrings (part of a full string) or split your strings where needed. This is called slicing.

Question 10

Converting characters:

Answer 10

All characters can be represented by a decimal(whole) number using ASCII or UNICODE. 
We can use string manipulation to convert characters to code and code back to a character.

e.g.
Convert number to character.
print (chr (97))

e.g.
Convert character to number. 
print (ord( “b”))

Question 11

Comparison operator:

A == B

Answer 11

Equivalence (e.g. If x=5 or if x==5)

Question 12

Comparison operator:

A != B

Answer 12

Does not equal (e.g. if x!=5)

Question 13

Comparison operator:

A < B

Answer 13

Less than (e.g. if x<5)

Question 14

Comparison operator:

A <= B

Answer 14

Less than or equal to (e.g. if x<=5)

Question 15

Comparison operator:

A > B

Answer 15

Greater than (e.g. if x>5)

Question 16

Comparison operator:

A >= B

Answer 16

Greater than or equal to (e.g. if x>=5)

Question 17

KEY WORDS:

Question 18

Variable:

Answer 18

A named piece of memory that holds a value.

Question 19

User defined:

Question 20

Program defined:

Question 21

Type casting:

Answer 21

Changing the data type of a variable.

Question 22

Comparison operators:

Answer 22

An operator that performs Boolean logic on input data to result a result that is true or false. They allow for assignment and for comparisons to be made.