# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Basic manipulation of strings @authors: katkaranikola stkarlos """ s = 'Anaconda' print s print s[0],s[-1] print s[1:4], s[1:5:7], s[:4], s[5:],s[-4:-1] print s[:3] + 'W' + s[3:] print s.capitalize(), s.count('a') print s.find('y'), s.index('nd') print s.replace('a','') print 'ABC'.lower() print 'abR'.upper() print s, s.upper(), s print ('abAa'.lower()).count('a') # or s.count('a') + s.count('A') print s.find('a',2)