Chapter 7 Strings (Ch 1, then 7)

Question 1

counter

Answer 1

A variable used to count something, usually initialized to zero and then incremented.

Question 2

empty string

Answer 2

A string with no characters and length 0, represented by two quotation marks.

Question 3

flag

Answer 3

A boolean variable used to indicate whether a condition is true or false.

Question 4

invocation

Answer 4

A statement that calls a method.

Question 5

immutable

Answer 5

The property of a sequence whose items cannot be assigned.

Question 6

index

Answer 6

An integer value used to select an item in a sequence, such as a character in a string.

Question 7

item

Answer 7

One of the values in a sequence.

Question 8

method

Answer 8

A function that is associated with an object and called using dot notation.

Question 9

object

Answer 9

Something a variable can refer to. For now, you can use “object” and “value” interchangeably.

Question 10

search

Answer 10

A pattern of traversal that stops when it finds what it is looking for.

Question 11

sequence

Answer 11

An ordered set; that is, a set of values where each value is identified by an integer index.

Question 12

slice

Answer 12

A part of a string specified by a range of indices.

Question 13

traverse

Answer 13

To iterate through the items in a sequence, performing a similar operation on each.