Strings

Let’s learn about the string data type and different methods to manipulate strings in Python.

Strings are one of the most popular and useful data types in Python. A string can be created by enclosing characters in either single quotes (' ') or double quotes (" "). Python treats single and double quotes the same. Strings are used to record text information (for example, a person’s name) as well as an arbitrary collection of bytes (for example, the contents of an image file).

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