Strings & text
Format, split, join, parse, and clean text — everyday Python string patterns.
How to Check and Manipulate Strings in Python
Demonstrates core string inspection and transformation methods like case conversion, trimming, splitting, and membership checks on a sample string.
text = " Hello, Python Learners! "
print(f"Original: '{text}'")
print(f"Lowercase: '{text.lower()}'")
print(f"Uppercase: '{text.upper()}'")
print(f"Title case: '{text.title()}'")
print(f"Stripped: '{text.strip()}'")
print(f"Length: {len(text)}")
print(f"Replace: '{text.replace('Python', 'Programming')}'")
print(f"S…How to Convert camelCase to snake_case in Python
Convert camelCase strings to snake_case using a simple Python function that inserts underscores before uppercase letters and lowercases everything.
def camel_to_snake(s):
result = ""
for i, char in enumerate(s):
if char.isupper() and i > 0:
result += "_"
result += char.lower()
return result
if __name__ == "__main__":
test_cases = ["camelCase", "helloWorld", "thisIsACoolExample", "already_snake", "UPPER"]
for case i…How to Inspect String Statistics in Python
A beginner-friendly function that returns detailed statistics about a string, including length, word count, character types, and easy text transformations.
def inspect_text(text: str) -> dict:
"""Return useful stats about a string for beginners."""
words = text.split()
return {
"length": len(text),
"word_count": len(words),
"uppercase": sum(1 for ch in text if ch.isupper()),
"lowercase": sum(1 for ch in text if ch.islower()),
…How to Transform Text in Python with a Helper Function
Build a simple Python helper to strip extra whitespace and convert text to upper, lower, or title case.
def transform_text(text, upper=False, lower=False, strip_whitespace=False, title_case=False):
"""Apply common string transformations for beginners."""
result = text
if strip_whitespace:
result = " ".join(result.split())
if upper and lower:
raise ValueError("Cannot apply both upper and…Browse by section
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