Python Chapter 4

What is the syntax for creating a multi-line string in Python?

triple quotes

What does len(text) return?

Characters

What method is used to split a string into words?

.split()

What does text.split() return?

list of strings

What data structure is represented by braces {}?

Dictionary

What do square brackets [] denote in Python?

List

What function returns the number of elements in a collection?

len()

By default, str.split() splits on ____ characters.

spaces, tabs, new lines

In the dictionary {"hello": 3}, what is the key

"hello"

In the dictionary {"hello": 3}, what is the value

3

If words = text.lower().split(), then words is a ____

List

How do you count words in a multi-line string

len(text.split())

Why use .lower() before counting words?

case-insensitivity

How do you use a dictionary for word frequencies?

for loops