Python Basics: Strings and String Methods

Course Description

Skill level: basics

In Python, collections of text are called strings. In this course, you'll learn about this fundamental data type and the string methods that you can use to manipulate strings. Along the way, you'll learn ways to work with strings of numbers, and how to format strings for printing.

1. Python Basics: Strings and String Methods (Overview)

2. Introducing the String Data Type

3. Concatenating, Indexing, and Slicing

4. Exercise: Extract a Slice

5. Manipulating Strings With String Methods

6. Exercise: Clean Up User Input

7. Interacting With User Input

8. Working With Strings and Numbers

9. Exercise: Double a Number

10. Streamlining Your Print

11. Exercise: Format a Price

12. Finding a String in a String

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1. Python Basics: Strings and String Methods (Quiz)

2. Python Basics: Strings and String Methods (Summary)

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