05 - Strings I - working with text.ipynb

Kernel: Python 3 (system-wide)

Exercise 5.1

1. Assign the string "The Beagle" to a string variable called darwin_ship.

2. Print darwin_ship.

3. Print the length of darwin_ship.

darwin_ship = 'The Beagle'
print( darwin_ship )
print( len(darwin_ship) )

Exercise 5.2

1. Assign the empty string to the variable famous_scientists.

2. Add "Jane" to your empty string.

3. Add a space to your string.

4. Add "Goodall" to your string and print it.

famous_scientists = ''
famous_scientists += 'Jane'
famous_scientists += ' '
famous_scientists += 'Goodall'
print( famous_scientists )

Jane Goodall

Exercise 5.3

1. Ask for input of your name.

2. Ask for input of your age.

3. Using an f-string print

   X is Y years old

where X is your name and Y is your age.

name = input('Enter your name: ')
age = input('Enter your age: ')

print( f'{name} is {age} years old' )

Exercise 5.4

1. Ask for input of 2 decimal numbers.

2. Using an f-string print

   X / Y = Z

where X and Y are the two numbers and Z is the result of X divided by Y rounded to 1dp.

x = float( input('Enter first number: ') )
y = float( input('Enter second number: ') )

print( f'{x} / {y} = {x/y:.1f}' )

Exercise 5.5

1. Assign the numbers 4.5735, 9.4253 and 1.223 to the variables x, y, and z respectively.

2. Using an f-string print each number rounded to 2dp and separated by a tab.

x = 4.5735
y = 9.4253
z = 1.223

print( f'{x:.2f}\t{y:.2f}\t{z:.2f}' )