The Python Quick Syntax Reference

CHAPTER 4

Strings

String objects exist in practically every programming language. A string is simply a series of characters assigned to a variable. Python strings are immutable, which means that once created, they can not be changed. String assignments look like this:

s = 'Abcdefg'

Appending to Srings

Although Python strings are immutable, we can perform many operations on them, including appending other information to the string.>>> a = "This is a test"

>>> a = a + " of strings">>> a'This is a test of strings'

In this case, a copy of the string is made, the second string is appended to the copy, then the original is deleted and the new string ...