Strings are simply sequences of characters that you use for storing and manipulating text. Whether it's names, messages, or whole paragraphs, strings are how you handle text in Python.

What is a String?

Think of a string as a line of letters, numbers, or other symbols stuck together, like beads on a string. In Python, you create a string by enclosing characters in quotes.

Creating a String

Here's how you write a string in Python.

You can use either single quotes (') or double quotes ("), and Python treats them the same way.

'Hello, world!' # A simple string 
"I'm learning Python." # A string with a single quote inside

Combining Strings

You can use the arithmetic addition operator to put two or more strings together in an expression. This is referred to as "concatenation".

'Hello' + ' ' + 'world!' # Outputs 'Hello world!' 
'Python' + ' is fun!' # Outputs 'Python is fun!'
'Python! ' * 3

Strings are a fundamental part of JavaScript, used to handle textual data efficiently and effectively. By understanding how to create and manipulate strings, developers can manage textual content in their applications, from displaying data to interacting with user inputs.