String creation and representation in Python - Practice Problems & Coding Challenges

Challenge - 5 Problems

❓ Predict Output

intermediate

Output of multiline string with escape sequences

What is the output of this Python code?

Python

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

A Line1\nLine2\tTabbed

B

Line1
Line2	Tabbed

C Line1\nLine2 Tabbed

D

Line1
Line2\tTabbed

💡 Hint

Triple quotes preserve the string exactly as typed, including backslashes.

Using triple single quotes with backslashes inside creates a string with literal backslash characters, so escape sequences are not processed.

❓ Predict Output

intermediate

Output of raw string with backslashes

What will this code print?

Python

path = r"C:\new_folder\test"
print(path)

A C:\\new_folder\\test

B

C:
ew_folder	est

C C:new_foldertest

D C:\new_folder\test

💡 Hint

Raw strings treat backslashes as normal characters.

The raw string keeps backslashes as literal characters, so printing shows single backslashes.

❓ Predict Output

advanced

Output of string concatenation with different quote styles

What is the output of this code?

Python

s = 'Hello' + " World" + '''!'''
print(s)

A Hello World!

B HelloWorld!

C Hello World

D Hello' World'''

💡 Hint

Strings with different quotes can be concatenated normally.

All three strings concatenate into one string with spaces and exclamation mark as typed.

❓ Predict Output

advanced

Output of string with Unicode escape sequences

What does this code print?

Python

s = "\u0048\u0065llo"
print(s)

A \u0048\u0065llo

B H\u0065llo

C Hello

D He\u006c\u006c\u006f

💡 Hint

Unicode escape sequences represent characters by their code points.

The \u0048 is 'H' and \u0065 is 'e', so the string becomes 'Hello'.

🧠 Conceptual

expert

Number of characters in a string with combining Unicode characters

How many characters does this string have? s = "e\u0301" # letter e + combining acute accent

A 1

B 2

C 0

D 3

💡 Hint

Combining characters count as separate code points in Python strings.

The string has two Unicode code points: 'e' and the combining accent, so length is 2.