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Inside the String

Inside the String

Learn to access the individual elements of a string.

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Collection

A collection is a general term used to group multiple values into a single unit. We use collections all the time in the real world―a book is a collection of pages, a train is a collection of train cars, and a wardrobe is a collection of clothes.

String

A string is a collection of characters, mostly treated as a single unit. A string is used to store text values like a name, address, message, etc.

Initializing the string

There are various ways to initialize a string in Python. The following program demonstrates these methods:

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String1 = 'String1 in Single Quotes'
print(String1)
 
String2 = "String2 in Double Quotes"
print(String2)
 
String3 = '''String3 in Three Single Quotes'''
print(String3)
 
String4 = '''String4  Three quotes
         allow
         multi-line'''
print(String4)

There are a few new things that we need to understand in the code above. Here are three ways to initialize a string variable:

  • Line 1: The text of String1 is enclosed in single quotes ' '.
  • Line 4: The text of String2 is enclosed in double quotes " ".
  • Line 7: The text of String3 and String4 is enclosed in three single quotes ''' '''.
  • The last method also makes it
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