Hour 5Data Processing with Numbers and Words
Without an in-depth knowledge of characters, strings, and numbers, you won’t be able to understand any programming language. This doesn’t mean that you must be a math whiz or an English major. You must, however, understand how languages such as Python represent and work with such data.
In this hour, you will learn more about how Python performs its mathematical calculations. In addition, you will learn how Python represents and works with strings. Along the way, you will discover functions and powerful built-in routines that perform many programming chores for you.
The highlights of this hour include the following:
Merging strings together
Understanding internal representation of strings
Mastering ...
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