Python Questions and Answers – Strings – 6

This set of Python Quiz focuses on “Strings”.

1. What is the output of the following?

print("xyyzxyzxzxyy".count('yy'))

a) 2
b) 0
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Counts the number of times the substring ‘yy’ is present in the given string.

2. What is the output of the following?

print("xyyzxyzxzxyy".count('yy', 1))

a) 2
b) 0
c) 1
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Counts the number of times the substring ‘yy’ is present in the given string, starting from position 1.

3. What is the output of the following?

print("xyyzxyzxzxyy".count('yy', 2))

a) 2
b) 0
c) 1
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Counts the number of times the substring ‘yy’ is present in the given string, starting from position 2.

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4. What is the output of the following?

print("xyyzxyzxzxyy".count('xyy', 0, 100))

a) 2
b) 0
c) 1
d) error
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Answer: a
Explanation: An error will not occur if the end value is greater than the length of the string itself.

5. What is the output of the following?

print("xyyzxyzxzxyy".count('xyy', 2, 11))

a) 2
b) 0
c) 1
d) error
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Answer: b
Explanation: Counts the number of times the substring ‘xyy’ is present in the given string, starting from position 2 and ending at position 11.

6. What is the output of the following?

print("xyyzxyzxzxyy".count('xyy', -10, -1))

a) 2
b) 0
c) 1
d) error
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Answer: b
Explanation: Counts the number of times the substring ‘xyy’ is present in the given string, starting from position 2 and ending at position 11.

7. What is the output of the following?

print('abc'.encode())

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a) abc
b) ‘abc’
c) b’abc’
d) h’abc’
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Answer: c
Explanation: A bytes object is returned by encode.

8. What is the default value of encoding in encode()?
a) ascii
b) qwerty
c) utf-8
d) utf-16
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Answer: c
Explanation: The default value of encoding is utf-8.

9. What is the output of the following?

print("xyyzxyzxzxyy".endswith("xyy"))

a) 1
b) True
c) 3
d) 2
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Answer: b
Explanation: The function returns True if the given string ends with the specified substring.

10. What is the output of the following?

print("xyyzxyzxzxyy".endswith("xyy", 0, 2))

a) 0
b) 1
c) True
d) False
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Answer: d
Explanation: The function returns False if the given string does not end with the specified substring.