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+#+TITLE:    Parsing Data
+#+AUTHOR:    FOSSEE
+#+EMAIL:     
+#+DATE:    
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+* Outline
+  - What is meant by parsing data? 
+  - String operations required for parsing
+  - Converting between data-types. 
+* Question 1
+  Split the variable line using a space as argument. Is it same as
+  splitting without an argument ?
+* Solution 1
+  We see that when we split on space, multiple whitespaces are not
+  clubbed as one and there is an empty string everytime there are two
+  consecutive spaces.
+* Question 2
+  What happens to the white space inside the sentence when it is
+  stripped? 
+* Solution 2
+  #+begin_src python
+    In []: a_str = "     white      space     "
+    In []: a_str.strip()
+  #+end_src
+* Question 3
+  What happens if you do =int("1.25")=
+* Solution 3
+  It raises an error since converting a float string into integer
+  directly is not possible. It involves an intermediate step of
+  converting to float.
+  #+begin_src python
+    In []: dcml_str = "1.25"
+    In []: flt = float(dcml_str)
+    In []: flt
+    In []: number = int(flt)
+    In []: number
+  #+end_src
+* Summary
+  + How to tokenize a string using various delimiters
+  + How to get rid of extra white space around
+  + How to convert from one type to another
+  + How to parse input data and perform computations on it
+* Thank you!
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+  This spoken tutorial has been produced by the
+  \textcolor{blue}{FOSSEE} team, which is funded by the 
+  \end{center}
+  \begin{center}
+    \textcolor{blue}{National Mission on Education through \\
+      Information \& Communication Technology \\ 
+      MHRD, Govt. of India}.
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+  \end{block}
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