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J. R. PaynePython for Teenagershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9988-3_3

3. Stringing Things Along

James R. Payne1  
(1)
Gainesville, GA, USA
 

Welcome back intrepid hero! One thing you should know about superheroes and villains (especially villains) – they tend to blather on. Thankfully, this chapter is all about increasing your abilities and granting you the new superpower 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 ...

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