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Introduction
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Chapter Outline

8.1 String operations
8.2 String slicing
8.3 Searching/testing strings
8.4 String formatting
8.5 Splitting/joining strings
8.6 Chapter summary

Introduction

A string is a sequence of characters. Python provides useful methods for processing string values. In this chapter, string methods will be demonstrated including comparing string values, string slicing, searching, testing, formatting, and modifying.