7.13. Glossary¶
- Counter¶
A variable used to count something. It’s usually initialized to zero and then incremented.
- Empty String¶
A string with no characters and length 0, represented by two quotation marks.
- Format Operator¶
An operator,
%, that takes a format string and a tuple and generates a string that includes the elements of the tuple formatted as specified by the format string.- Format Sequence¶
A sequence of characters in a format string, like
%d, that specifies how a value should be formatted.- Format String¶
A string, used with the format operator, that contains format sequences.
- Flag¶
A boolean variable used to indicate whether a condition is true or false.
- Invocation¶
A statement that calls a method.
- Immutable¶
A property of sequences whose items cannot be reassigned.
- String Index¶
An integer value used to select a character in a string.
- Item¶
One of the values in a sequence.
- Method¶
A function that is associated with an object and called using dot notation.
- String Object¶
A string that a variable can refer to. For now, you can use “object” and “value” interchangeably.
- Search¶
A pattern of traversal that stops when it finds what it is looking for.
- Sequence¶
An ordered set; that is, a set of values where each value is identified by an integer index.
- Slice¶
A part of a string specified by a range of indicies.
- Traverse¶
To iterate through the items in a sequence, performing a similar operation on each.
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11-9-1: Match each term with its definition.
Look above for the definitions of these terms.
- counter
- A variable used to count something. It's usually initialized to zero and then incremented.
- empty string
- A string with no characters and length 0, represented by two quotation marks.
- index
- An integer value used to select an item in a sequence, such as a character in a string.
- string object
- A string that a variable can refer to.
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11-9-2: Match each term with its definition.
Look above for the definitions of these terms.
- format operator
- An operator, ``%``, that takes a format string and a tuple and generates a string that includes the elements of the tuple formatted as specified by the format string.
- format sequence
- A sequence of characters in a format string, like ``%d``, that specifies how a value should be formatted.
- format string
- A string, used with the format operator, that contains format sequences.
- sequence
- An ordered set; that is, a set of values where each value is identified by an integer index.
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11-9-3: Match each term with its definition.
Look above for the definitions of these terms.
- flag
- A boolean variable used to indicate whether a condition is true or false.
- invocation
- A statement that calls a method.
- item
- One of the values in a sequence.
- slice
- A part of a string specified by a range of indices.
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11-9-4: Match each term with its definition.
Look above for the definitions of these terms.
- immutable
- A property of sequences whose items cannot be reassigned.
- method
- A function that is associated with an object and called using dot notation.
- search
- A pattern of traversal that stops when it finds what it is looking for.
- traverse
- To iterate through the items in a sequence, performing a similar operation on each.