pystr.txt

yotam@durini:l3:217> python
Python 2.4.2 (#2, Sep 30 2005, 21:19:01) 
[GCC 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu8)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> name = "Jerusalem"
>>> len(name)
9
>>> name + " Al-Quds"
'Jerusalem Al-Quds'
>>> name
'Jerusalem'
>>> 7*name
'JerusalemJerusalemJerusalemJerusalemJerusalemJerusalemJerusalem'
>>> 7*(name + " ")
'Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem '
>>> name[0]
'J'
>>> name[1]
'e'
>>> name[2]
'r'
>>> name[3]
'u'
>>> name[4]
's'
>>> name[5]
'a'
>>> name[6]
'l'
>>> name[7]
'e'
>>> name[8]
'm'
>>> name[9]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
IndexError: string index out of range
>>> name[ len(name) - 1]
'm'
>>> name[-1]
'm'
>>> name[0:3]
'Jer'
>>> name[3:6]
'usa'
>>> name[:4]
'Jeru'
>>> name[4:]
'salem'
>>> name[-3:]
'lem'