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\textbf{Manipulating strings}
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String indexing starts from 0, like lists.
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\lstinline|s = `Hello World'|\\
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\lstinline|s[0:5]| gives \texttt{Hello}\\
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\lstinline|s[6:]| gives \textt{World}\\
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\lstinline|s[6::2]| gives \textt{Wrd}\\
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\lstinline|s.replace('e', 'a')| returns a new string with all e's
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replaced by a.  
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\lstinline|s.lower()| and \lstinline|s.upper()| return new strings
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with all lower and upper case letters, respectively.