Practice String Indexing and Slicing - 7.2 | Strings in Python | Python Programming Language
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String Indexing and Slicing

7.2 - String Indexing and Slicing

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What character is at index 2 in the string 'Python'?

💡 Hint: Consider the third position in the string.

Question 2 Easy

Use slicing to retrieve 'Pro' from 'Programming'. What is the code?

💡 Hint: You can use the start index to slice.

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Interactive Quizzes

Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning

Question 1

What is the output of text[-1] if text = 'Hello'?

H
e
o
l

💡 Hint: Think about counting from the end of the string.

Question 2

Using slicing, what will text[1:5] return in the string 'Python'?

Pyth
ytho
ytho
ython

💡 Hint: Identify the start and stop indices.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given the string 'Artificial', how would you use slicing to get the substring 'ific'?

💡 Hint: Identify the starting and stopping point.

Challenge 2 Hard

Using a given string, how to retrieve character 'e' from 'Programming'?

💡 Hint: Count from zero for indices.

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