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STRING


                 A sequence of characters that is enclosed or surrounded by single (‘ ’) or double (“ ”) quotes is
                 known as a string. The sequence may include a letter, number, special characters or a backslash.
                 Python treats single-quotes as double-quotes.

                 Example of a string:








                 CREATING STRINGS
                 Strings can be created by enclosing characters inside single or double-quotes. It is like assigning
                 a value to a variable.


                 MULTILINE STRINGS
                 A multiline string in Python begins and ends with either three single quotes or three double-quotes.

                 Any quotes, tabs, or newlines in between the “triple quotes” are considered part of the string.
                 Program 4: To create a string










                 USING ESCAPE SEQUENCES WITH STRINGS
                 Escape sequences or characters are used to insert special characters that are invalid in Python.
                 Quotes  are special  characters  and to  insert  them in a string we must  escape  them  with a  \

                 character in front of them.
                 An escape sequence is a sequence of characters that does not represent itself when used inside
                 a  character  or string.  It is  typically  used  to  specify  actions  such  as  carriage  returns and  tab
                 movements. The backslash (\) is a special character and is also known as the escape character

                 in Python. It is used to represent white space characters, for example, '\t' for tab, '\n' for new line,
                 and '\r' is for carriage return.
                 Program 5: To print special symbols using escape sequences

















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