String values and text handling in Python - Practice Problems & Coding Challenges

Challenge - 5 Problems

❓ Predict Output

intermediate

What is the output of this string slicing code?

Consider the following Python code that slices a string. What will be printed?

Python

text = "Programming"
print(text[3:8])

A "gramm"

B "gram"

C "grammi"

D "ogram"

💡 Hint

Remember that string slicing includes the start index but excludes the end index.

The slice text[3:8] starts at index 3 ('g') and goes up to but not including index 8 ('i'), so it includes characters at indices 3,4,5,6,7 which form 'gramm'.

❓ Predict Output

intermediate

What does this code print with string methods?

What is the output of this Python code that uses string methods?

Python

s = "  Hello World  "
print(s.strip().lower().replace(' ', '_'))

A "hello world"

B " hello_world "

C "hello_world"

D "Hello_World"

💡 Hint

strip() removes spaces at both ends, lower() makes all letters lowercase, replace() changes spaces inside the string.

strip() removes leading and trailing spaces, lower() converts all letters to lowercase, and replace(' ', '_') changes spaces to underscores, resulting in 'hello_world'.

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advanced

What is the output of this multiline string and escape sequence code?

What will this Python code print?

Python

text = '''Line1\nLine2\tTabbed'''
print(text)

A Line1\nLine2\tTabbed

B

Line1
Line2	Tabbed

C

Line1
Line2\tTabbed

D Line1\nLine2 Tabbed

💡 Hint

Triple quotes preserve backslashes as literal characters unless raw strings are used.

Using triple quotes with normal string (not raw) and escaped backslashes means the string contains literal backslash characters followed by n and t, so print outputs them as \n and \t.

❓ Predict Output

advanced

What is the output of this f-string with expressions?

What will this Python code print?

Python

name = "Alice"
age = 30
print(f"Name: {name.upper()}, Age next year: {age + 1}")

A Name: ALICE, Age next year: 31

B Name: alice, Age next year: 31

C Name: ALICE, Age next year: 30

D Name: Alice, Age next year: 31

💡 Hint

f-strings evaluate expressions inside curly braces before printing.

name.upper() converts 'Alice' to 'ALICE', and age + 1 calculates 31, so the output is 'Name: ALICE, Age next year: 31'.

❓ Predict Output

expert

What is the output of this complex string manipulation code?

What will this Python code print?

Python

s = "abracadabra"
result = ''.join([c.upper() if i % 2 == 0 else c for i, c in enumerate(s)])
print(result)

A aBrAcAdAbRa

B abracadabra

C ABRACADABRA

D AbRaCaDaBrA

💡 Hint

The code changes characters at even positions to uppercase and leaves odd positions unchanged.

enumerate gives index and character; for even indices (0,2,4...), character is uppercased; for odd indices, character stays the same. So the output is 'AbRaCaDaBrA'.