terms

Question 1

variable

Answer 1

a reference to an object

Question 2

object

Answer 2

a real piece of information stored in memory that can be reached using the id() function, where the variable name is written in the parentheses

Question 3

Dynamic Typing

Answer 3

means a variable can be changed later in the code and everything will be fine

Question 4

Static Typing

Answer 4

means a variable cannot be changed later in the code, or an error will appear

Question 5

Pros of Dynamic Typing

Answer 5

• Very easy to work with

- Faster Development time

Question 6

Cons of Dynamic Typing

Answer 6

• May result in bugs for unexpected data types

- Need to be aware of type()

Question 7

Indexing

Answer 7

Allows you to grab a single character from the string | starts at 0 | Ex: “hello” corresponds to index numbers 0 1 2 3 4

Question 8

Reverse Indexing

Answer 8

First letter corresponds to 0, but the last letter is -1 and it moves down the negative #s from there until the first letter | Ex: “hello” corresponds to 0 -4 -3 -2 -1

Question 9

Format of slicing

Answer 9

[start:stop:step]

Question 10

“Start” section of a slice

Answer 10

A numerical index for the slice start

Question 11

“Stop” section of the slice

Answer 11

The index you will go up to, but not include

Question 12

“Step” section of the slice

Answer 12

the size of the jump you take

Question 13

String Concatenation

Answer 13

Link things together | Ex:

x = ‘am’

‘P’ + x
‘Pam’