CH-9 STRING MANIPULATION TYPE-C

Question 1

Write a program to count the number of times a character

occurs in the given string.

Solution

str = input("Enter the string: ")

ch = input("Enter the character to count: ");
c = str.count(ch)
print(ch, "occurs", c, "times")

Output

Enter the string: KnowledgeBoat

Enter the character to count: e
e occurs 2 times

Question 2

Write a program which replaces all vowels in the string with

'*'.

Solution

str = input("Enter the string: ")

newStr = ""
for ch in str :
lch = ch.lower()
if lch == 'a' ¥
or lch == 'e' ¥
or lch == 'i' ¥
or lch == 'o' ¥
or lch == 'u' :
newStr += '*'
 else :
newStr += ch
print(newStr)

Output

Enter the string: Computer Studies

C*mp*t*r St*d**s

Question 3

Write a program which reverses a string and stores the

reversed string in a new string.

Solution

str = input("Enter the string: ")

newStr = ""
for ch in str :
newStr = ch + newStr
print(newStr)

Output

Enter the string: computer studies

seiduts retupmoc

Question 4

Write a program that prompts for a phone number of 10

digits and two dashes, with dashes after the area code and

the next three numbers. For example, 017-555-1212 is a legal

input. Display if the phone number entered is valid format

 or not and display if the phone number is valid or not (i.e.,

contains just the digits and dash at specific places.)

Solution

phNo = input("Enter the phone number: ")

length = len(phNo)
if length == 12 ¥
and phNo[3] == "-" ¥
and phNo[7] == "-" ¥
and phNo[:3].isdigit() ¥
and phNo[4:7].isdigit() ¥
and phNo[8:].isdigit() :
print("Valid Phone Number")
else :
print("Invalid Phone Number")

Output

Enter the phone number: 017-555-1212

Valid Phone Number

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Enter the phone number: 017-5A5-1212

Invalid Phone Number

Question 5

Write a program that should do the following :

• prompt the user for a string

• extract all the digits from the string

• If there are digits:

 o sum the collected digits together

o print out the original string, the digits, the sum of

the digits

• If there are no digits:

o print the original string and a message "has no

digits"

Sample

• given the input : abc123

prints abc123 has the digits 123 which sum to 6

• given the input : abcd

prints abcd has no digits

Solution

str = input("Enter the string: ")

sum = 0
digitStr = ''
for ch in str :
if ch.isdigit() :
digitStr += ch
sum += int(ch)
if not digitStr :
print(str, "has no digits")
else :
print(str, "has the digits", digitStr, "which sum to", sum)

Output

Enter the string: abc123

abc123 has the digits 123 which sum to 6
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Enter the string: KnowledgeBoat

KnowledgeBoat has no digits

Question 6

Write a program that should prompt the user to type some

sentence(s) followed by "enter". It should then print the

original sentence(s) and the following statistics relating to

the sentence(s) :

• Number of words

• Number of characters (including white-space and

punctuation)

• Percentage of characters that are alphanumeric

Hints

• Assume any consecutive sequence of non-blank

characters is a word.

Solution

str = input("Enter a few sentences: ")

length = len(str)
spaceCount = 0
alnumCount = 0
 for ch in str :
if ch.isspace() :
spaceCount += 1
elif ch.isalnum() :
alnumCount += 1

alnumPercent = alnumCount / length * 100

print("Original Sentences:")
print(str)

print("Number of words =", (spaceCount + 1))

print("Number of characters =", (length + 1))
print("Alphanumeric Percentage =", alnumPercent)

Output

Enter a few sentences: Python was conceived in the late 1980s by

Guido van Rossum at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the
Netherlands. Its implementation began in December 1989. Python 3.0
was released on 3 December 2008.
Original Sentences:
Python was conceived in the late 1980s by Guido van Rossum at
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands. Its
implementation began in December 1989. Python 3.0 was released on
3 December 2008.
Number of words = 34
Number of characters = 206
Alphanumeric Percentage = 80.48780487804879

Question 7

Write a Python program as per specifications given below:

• Repeatedly prompt for a sentence (string) or for 'q' to

quit.
 • Upon input of a sentence s, print the string produced

from s by converting each lower case letter to upper

case and each upper case letter to lower case.

• All other characters are left unchanged.

For example,

Please enter a sentence, or 'q' to quit : This is the Bomb!

tHIS IS THE bOMB!

Please enter a sentence, or 'q ' to quit : What's up Doc ???

wHAT'S UP dOC ???

Please enter a sentence, or 'q' to quit : q

Solution

while True :
str = input("Please enter a sentence, or 'q' to quit : ")
newStr = ""
if str.lower() == "q" :
break
for ch in str :
if ch.islower() :
newStr += ch.upper()
elif ch.isupper() :
newStr += ch.lower()
else :
newStr += ch
print(newStr)

Output

Please enter a sentence, or 'q' to quit : This is the Bomb!

tHIS IS THE bOMB!
Please enter a sentence, or 'q' to quit : What's up Doc ???
 wHAT'S UP dOC ???
Please enter a sentence, or 'q' to quit : q

Question 8

Write a program that does the following :

• takes two inputs : the first, an integer and the second,

a string

• from the input string extract all the digits, in the order

they occurred, from the string.

o if no digits occur, set the extracted digits to 0

• add the integer input and the digits extracted from the

string together as integers

• print a string of the form :

"integer_input + string_digits = sum"

For example :

For inputs 12, 'abc123' → '12 + 123 = 135'

For inputs 20, 'a5b6c7' → '20 + 567 =587'

For inputs 100, 'hi mom' → '100 + 0 = 100'

Solution

num = int(input("Enter an integer: "))

str = input("Enter the string: ")
 digitsStr = ''
digitsNum = 0;

for ch in str :
if ch.isdigit() :
digitsStr += ch

if digitsStr :
digitsNum = int(digitsStr)

print(num, "+", digitsNum, "=", (num + digitsNum))

Output

Enter an integer: 12
Enter the string: abc123
12 + 123 = 135

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Enter an integer: 20
Enter the string: a5b6c7
20 + 567 = 587

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Enter an integer: 100

Enter the string: hi mom
100 + 0 = 100

Question 9

Write a program that takes two strings from the user and

displays the smaller string in single line and the larger

string as per this format :

1st letter last letter
2nd letter 2nd last letter
3rd letter 3rd last letter

For example,

if the two strings entered are Python and PANDA then the

output of the program should be :

PANDA
P n
y o
t h

Solution

str1 = input("Enter first string: ")

str2 = input("Enter second string: ")

small = str1
large = str2

if len(str1) > len(str2) :

large = str1
small = str2

print(small)

lenLarge = len(large)
for i in range(lenLarge // 2) :
print(' ' * i, large[i], ' ' * (lenLarge - 2 * i),
large[lenLarge - i - 1], sep='')

Output

Enter first string: Python

Enter second string: PANDA
PANDA
P n
y o
t h
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Question 10

Write a program to convert a given number into equivalent

Roman number (store its value as a string). You can use

following guidelines to develop solution for it:

• From the given number, pick successive digits,

using %10 and /10 to gather the digits from right to

left.

• The rules for Roman Numerals involve using four pairs

of symbols for ones and five, tens and fifties, hundreds

and five hundreds. An additional symbol for thousands

covers all the relevant bases.

• When a number is followed by the same or smaller

number, it means addition. "II" is two 1's = 2. "VI" is 5 +

1 = 6.

• When one number is followed by a larger number, it

means subtraction. "IX" is 1 before 10 = 9. "IIX isn't

allowed, this would be "VIII". For numbers from 1 to 9,

the symbols are "I" and "V", and the coding works like

this. "I" , "II", "III", "IV", "V", "VI", "VII", "VIII", "IX".
 • The same rules work for numbers from 10 to 90, using

"X" and "L". For numbers from 100 to 900, using the

symbols "C" and "D". For numbers between 1000 and

4000, using "M".

Here are some examples. 1994 = MCMXCIV, 1956 = MCMLVI,

3888= MMMDCCCLXXXVIII

Solution

n = int(input("Enter the number: "))

num = (1000, 900, 500, 400, 100, 90, 50, 40, 10, 9, 5, 4,
1)
rom = ('M', 'CM', 'D', 'CD','C',
'XC','L','XL','X','IX','V','IV','I')

result = ''

for i in range(len(num)) :
count = int(n / num[i])
result += str(rom[i] * count)
n -= num[i] * count

print(result)

Output

Enter the number: 1994

MCMXCIV

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Enter the number: 1956

MCMLVI

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 Enter the number: 3888
MMMDCCCLXXXVIII
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Question 11

Write a program that asks the user for a string (only single

space between words) and returns an estimate of how

many words are in the string. (Hint. Count number of

spaces)

Solution

str = input("Enter a string: ")

count = 0
for ch in str :
if ch.isspace() :
count += 1
print("No of words =", (count + 1))

Output

Enter a string: Python was conceived in the late 1980s by Guido

van Rossum at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the
Netherlands.
No of words = 20

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Question 12
 Write a program to input a formula with some brackets and

checks, and prints out if the formula has the same number

of opening and closing parentheses.

Solution

str = input("Enter a formula: ")

count = 0

for ch in str :
if ch == '(' :
count += 1
elif ch == ')' :
count -= 1

if count == 0 :
print("Formula has same number of opening and closing
parentheses")
else :
print("Formula has unequal number of opening and closing
parentheses")

Output

Enter a formula: s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)

Formula has same number of opening and closing parentheses

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Enter a formula: s((s-a)(s-b)(s-c)

Formula has unequal number of opening and closing parentheses

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Question 13
 Write a program that inputs a line of text and prints out the

count of vowels in it.

Solution

str = input("Enter a string: ")

count = 0

for ch in str :
lch = ch.lower()
if lch == 'a' ¥
or lch == 'e' ¥
or lch == 'i' ¥
or lch == 'o' ¥
or lch == 'u' :
count += 1

print("Vowel Count =", count)

Output

Enter a string: Internet of Things

Vowel Count = 5

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Question 14

Write a program to input a line of text and print the biggest

word (length wise) from it.

Solution

str = input("Enter a string: ")

words = str.split()
longWord = ''
 for w in words :
if len(w) > len(longWord) :
longWord = w

print("Longest Word =", longWord)

Output

Enter a string: TATA FOOTBALL ACADEMY WILL PLAY AGAINST MOHAN

BAGAN
Longest Word = FOOTBALL

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Question 15

Write a program to input a line of text and create a new line

of text where each word of input line is reversed.

Solution

str = input("Enter a string: ")

words = str.split()
newStr = ""

for w in words :
rw = ""
for ch in w :
rw = ch + rw
newStr += rw + " "

print(newStr)

Output

Enter a string: Python is Fun

nohtyP si nuF