{"id":11601,"date":"2015-07-31T06:52:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T06:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=11601"},"modified":"2015-07-31T06:52:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T06:52:10","slug":"python-string-indexing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/python-string-indexing\/","title":{"rendered":"Python: string indexing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tutor gives a Python example of string indexing.<\/h1>\n

In computer science, a string is a word which can include non-alphabetical characters. An example of a string is “desk17”.<\/p>\n

Let’s imagine creating the variable thestring<\/span> with the value “desk17”<\/span>, as follows:
\n
\nthestring=”desk17″
\n<\/span>
\nThe characters in “desk17” can be referred to by number. Going forward, the letter d<\/span> is in position 0. However, the string can be counted backward: 7<\/span> is in position -1. Therefore, the program<\/p>\n


\nthestring=”desk17″
\nprint(thestring[0])
\nprint(thestring[-1])
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

produces the output
\n
\nd
\n7
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll be talking more about Python strings in future posts:)<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

Donaldson, Toby. Python<\/u>, 3rd Edition. Peachpit Press, 2014.<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tutor gives a Python example of string indexing. In computer science, a string is a word which can include non-alphabetical characters. An example of a string is “desk17”. Let’s imagine creating the variable thestring with the value “desk17”, as …<\/p>\n

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