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+=======
+Strings
+=======
+
+Strings were briefly introduced previously in the introduction document. In this
+section strings will be presented in greater detail. All the standard operations 
+that can be performed on sequences such as indexing, slicing, multiplication, length
+minimum and maximum can be performed on string variables as well. One thing to
+be noted is that strings are immutable, which means that string variables are
+unchangeable. Hence, all item and slice assignments on strings are illegal.
+Let us look at a few example.
+
+::
+
+  >>> name = 'PythonFreak'
+  >>> print name[3]
+  h
+  >>> print name[-1]
+  k
+  >>> print name[6:]
+  Freak
+  >>> name[6:0] = 'Maniac'
+  Traceback (most recent call last):
+    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
+  TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment
+
+This is quite expected, since string objects are immutable as already mentioned.
+The error message is clear in mentioning that 'str' object does not support item
+assignment.
+
+String Formatting
+=================
+