Week 7 - TAC

stip()

done as string.stip(), removes space at BEGINNING AND END not ALL spaces

index

what position an item is in

first inex

0

last index

-1

ex if we have 8 letters

last index is 7

to read a single item from a sequence

[ ]

ex: smg = “spamalot”

print(msg[2]) = a

slicing to get…

multiple items from a sequence

slicing syntax

sequenceVariable[startPosition:endPosition] (end goes UP TO but DOESNT INCLUDE position)

spamalot = msg, slicing string

print(msg[2:6]) = amal

len(msg)

print(msg[0:len(msg)] = would return spamalot (because it returns values)

find()

searches for first match of a substring

index find()

food = “fish taco”, index = food.find(“c”) = returns index 7

strings are

IMMUTABLE, cannot modify a single item in the sequence