String Manipulation
Lesson Instructions
Watch and follow the YouTube video, the lesson contains three parts:
Key Information and content - all you need to do here is watch and listen. We recommend you take some notes for this one!
Learning activity - You are to complete the activity, by completing crossword using string manipulation techniques.
Consolidation - these are past exam question and are for deliberate practice to check your understanding.
String Manipulation Full Lesson Video.mp4Task - String Manipulation Activity
Task - Exam Questions - Deliberate Practice
Mark Scheme
Question 1
1 mark for each correct answer
firstName.length - 8
x - 7
username - PKtdinie
partName - triKa
Question 2
1 mark per bullet
Inputs for console, game name and release year
Extracts the first 3 characters of the console
Extracts the first 5 characters of the game name
Extracts the last 2 numbers of the year
Concatenates the different pieces of data together to form the ID
Outputs the result
Example solution:
console = input(“Enter the console”)
gameName = input(“Enter the game name”)
year = input(“Enter the release year”)
gameID = console.substring(0,3) + gameName.substring(0,5) + year.right(2)
print(gameID)