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Strings

CBSE · Class 11 · Computer Science

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Key Topics to Revise

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1. String Basics and Creation

  • Strings, Lists, and Tuples are sequence data types.
  • Dictionary is a mapping data type, not a sequence type.
  • A string can be created using single, double, or triple quotes.
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2. Indexing and len()

  • The index of the first character from the left is 0 and the last is n-1, where n is string length.
  • Negative indexing starts from the right: the first character from the right is -1 and the last is -n.
  • len() returns the length of the string passed as parameter.
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3. String Operations

  • Concatenation of strings uses the + operator.
  • Repetition of strings uses the * operator.
  • The 'in' operator returns True if the first string is a substring of the second.
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4. Slicing and Reversing

  • Slicing retrieves a portion of a string by specifying an index range.
  • Basic Slicing: str1[n:m] [n = start index inclusive, m = end index exclusive].
  • Stepped Slicing: str1[n:m:k] [k = step size, default 1].

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Key Concepts

A string is an orderly collectionStrings can be written with singleThe first character from the leftlen() returns the length ofA string is an immutable data

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