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Manipulating strings with methods

Methods are special functions that are attached to objects. Certain data types have methods that are convenient for manipulating the data. For example, the .upper() method manipulates string variables by returning the uppercase version of a string. The .lower() method returns the lowercase version of the string.

city = 'New York'
print(city.lower())

new york

Another very useful method for strings is .format(), which replaces any curly brackets in a string with the arguments passed into it.

city = 'New York'
print("City: {}".format(city))

City: New York

Practice manipulating string variables using methods while learning a fun American history fact!

This exercise is part of the course

Python for MATLAB Users

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Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Print the lowercase version of this Jeopardy clue
clue = 'Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States'

print(clue.____)
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