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Learning to program in Python
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Python module Y108
String Handling
Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module Y108. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

Python Programming - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts at the fundamentals ...
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To format data into a string in python, use the % operator as python doesn't have an sprintf or printf function. So why have I entitled today's entry ...
http://www.wellho.net/mouth/496_Python-printf.html  [short article]
Learning to Program in Python - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts ...
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days = ["Monday","Tuesday","Webnesday"] all = "".join(days) print all if "o" in "Melksham": print "yes" say = "This is a line of text" parts = say.split(" ...
http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y108/bejo.py  [code sample]
#!/usr/local/bin/python "Count the number of each base in a dna sequence" seq = """ aatgcgtaga gatctkaagg aataccgatg gcgaaggcag ccacctgggt caacactgac ...
http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y108/seq2.py  [code sample]
Regular Expressions are powerful matching tools and you can specify almost anything within them. But there are certain facilities that are naturally ...
http://www.wellho.net/mouth/943_Matc ... sions.html  [short article]
In Perl, and in shell programs too, the backtick operator causes the enclosed string to be executed as a command and the result (as generated on STDOUT) ...
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With scarcely an exception, every program involves that manipulation of strings of text. Python has strong string handling facilities. Not only can you treat strings as sequences, but you can also run a wide variety of standard methods on them. Python supports regular expressions similar to those supported by Perl.

This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

Examples from our training material
Pythoners   Parse a file checking each line against a criterion
backtick   Conversion to a string with the backtick operator
bejo.py   split and join
chunky   Splitting at a literal v splitting at a regex
cli.py   Command line handler function in Python
cli_withopts.py   Command line handler function in Python
clinput   reading and handling command line options
cori   Multiline string
fence.py   Fencepost problem and solution
gift   Share 10000 pound between 1 to 10 children
grab   Regular Expression - Maya strings
inflate   Search for regular expression and replace
irish_grid   Ordnance Survey Ireland - Grid Reference Conversion
kid   Formatting strings / multiple use of % operator
listmethods   List all methods available on an object
mypi   Strings, raw strings, triple quoted strings
nf   Formatting - time and money using the % operator
reggie.py   Regular Expression Overview
seq2.py   Using the replace method on a string
seqrev.py   translate, reverse and join - reversing dna sequence
sequence.py   Handling a string as a list of characters
taxform.py   Formatting output - floats, ints, etc
tliser   Exercise answer - formatting prices and aligning columns
young.py   revision - string basics
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Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.
Topics covered in this module
Methods on String Objects.
String Formatting.
Regular Expressions and the re module.
Regular Expression and Match Objects.
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