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This study notes covers Exam Tips within String Handling for GCSE Computer Science. Revise String Handling in Programming for GCSE Computer Science with 15 exam-style questions and 8 flashcards. This topic appears less often, but it can still be a useful differentiator on mixed-topic papers. It is section 6 of 6 in this topic. Use this study notes to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.

Topic position

Section 6 of 6

Practice

15 questions

Recall

8 flashcards

Exam Tips

  • 0-indexed: First character is at position 0
  • Substring: substring(start, length) not substring(start, end)
  • Common mistake: Forgetting strings are immutable - operations return new strings

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Practice Questions for String Handling

The string variable word = "Hello". What does word.length return?

  • A. 4
  • B. 5
  • C. 6
  • D. 0
1 markfoundation

Explain the purpose of the ASC() and CHR() functions in OCR pseudocode. Give one reason a programmer might need to convert between characters and their ASCII codes.

3 marksstandard

Quick Recall Flashcards

What does CHR(66) return?
"B"
How do you join strings?
Concatenation: string1 + string2

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