In this course, you'll explore loops, which repeat a portion of code until a process is complete. You’ll learn how to work with different kinds of iterative or repeating code, such as for loops and while loops. Then, you'll explore strings, which are sequences of characters like letters or punctuation marks. You’ll learn how to manipulate strings by indexing, slicing, and formatting them.
Loops and Strings
Loops and Strings
This course is part of Google Data Analysis with Python Specialization
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4 hours to complete
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How to manipulate strings using techniques such as concatenating, indexing, slicing, and formatting
Purpose and logic of iterative statements such as for loops and while loops
Be able to summarize the syntax of the range() function
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