Chapter 7 : Strings and things

example 7.1 page no : 69

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example 7.1 page no : 69
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fruit = "banana"
index = 0
while(index < len(fruit)):
    letter = fruit[index]
    print letter
    index = index + 1

b
a
n
a
n
a

example 7.2 page no :71

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example 7.2 page no :71
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def find(s,c,i):
    while (i<len(s)):
        if (s[i] == c): return i
        i = i + 1
    return -1;
    
print find("banana",'b',0)
print find("banana",'b',3)

0
-1

example 7.3 page no : 71

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example 7.3 page no : 71
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fruit = "banana"
length = len(fruit)
count = 0
index = 0
while (index < length):
    if (fruit[index] == 'a'):
        count = count + 1
    index = index + 1
print count 

3

example 7.4 page no : 72

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example 7.4 page no : 72
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fruit = "banana";
bakedGood = " nut bread";
dessert = fruit + bakedGood;
print dessert

banana nut bread

example 7.5 page no :73

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example 7.5 page no :73
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suffix = "ack"
letter = 'J'
while (letter <= 'Q'):
    print letter + suffix 
    c = ord(letter) + 1
    letter = chr(c)

Jack
Kack
Lack
Mack
Nack
Oack
Pack
Qack

example 7.6 page no :74

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example 7.6 page no :74
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word = "Zebra"

if (word < "banana"):
    print "Your word, " , word , ", comes before banana."
elif (word > "banana"):
    print "Your word, " , word , ", comes after banana." 
else:
    print "Yes, we have no bananas!" 

Your word,  Zebra , comes before banana.

Example 7.7 page no : 75

a = 'a'
print a.upper()

A