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Python for Teenagers: Learn to Program like a Superhero!

Name: Python for Teenagers: Learn to Program like a Superhero!
Author: James R. Payne
ISBN: 9781484245507

by James R. Payne

May 2019

Beginner

336 pages

6h 49m

English

Apress

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James R. PaynePython for Teenagershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4550-7_3

3. String Things Along

James R. Payne¹

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Welcome back intrepid hero! One thing you should know about super heroes and villains (especially villains) – they tend to rather worry. Thankfully, this chapter is all about increasing your abilities and granting you the new super power to handle all things text and text-related!

We will learn the basics of handling and manipulating text, including common text functions and details about the text data type. We will also cover formatting text and converting text to different data types. Finally, we will cover the importance of good documentation and how to comment on your code to save ...

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Python for Teenagers: Learn to Program like a Superhero!

by James R. Payne

3. String Things Along

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