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In the previous ar ticle, we read about the basic s of P ython. Now, we continue with

some more python concepts.

Strings in P ython: 

A string is a sequence of characters that can be a combination of letters, numbers,

and special characters. It can be declared in python by using single quotes, double

quotes, or even triple quotes. These quotes are not a par t of a string, they define only

star ting and ending of the string.   Strings are immutable, i.e., they cannot be

changed. Each element of the string can be accessed using indexing or slicing

operations.

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# Assigning string to a variable

a = 'This is a string'
print (a)
b = "This is a string"
print (b)
c= '''This is a string'''
print (c)

Output :

This is a string

This is a string

This is a string

Lists in P ython:

Lists are one of the most power ful data structures in python. Lists are sequenced

data types.   In P ython, an empty list is created using list() function. They are just like

the arrays declared in other languages. But the most power ful thing is that list need

not be always homogeneous. A single list can contain strings, integers, as well as

other objects. Lists can also be used for implementing stacks and queues. Lists are

mutable, i.e., they can be altered once declared. The elements of list can be accessed

using indexing and slicing operations.

P ython

# Declaring a list
L = [1, "a" , "string" , 1+2]
print L
#Adding an element in the list
L.append(6)    
print L
#Deleting last element from a list
L.pop()
print L
#Displaying Second element of the list
print L[1]
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The output is:  

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[1, 'a', 'string', 3]

[1, 'a', 'string', 3, 6]

[1, 'a', 'string', 3]

Tuples in P ython: A tuple is a sequence of immutable P ython objects. Tuples are just

like lists with the exception that tuples cannot be changed once declared. Tuples are

usually faster than lists.

P ython

tup = (1, "a", "string", 1+2)

print(tup)
print(tup[1])

The output is : 

(1, 'a', 'string', 3)

Iterations in P ython: Iterations or looping can be per formed in python by ‘for ’ and

‘while’ loops. Apar t from iterating upon a par ticular condition, we can also iterate on

strings, lists, and tuples.

Example 1: Iteration by while loop for a condition

P ython

i = 1
while (i < 10):
    print(i)
    i += 1

The output is: 

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Example 2: Iteration by for loop on the string

P ython

s = "Hello World"
for i in s:
    print(i)

The output is: 

Example 3: Iteration by for loop on list

P ython

L = [1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
for i in L:
    print(i)

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Example 4: Iteration by for loop for range

P ython

for i in range(0, 10):

    print(i)

The output is: 

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