ProgrammingIntroduction

Working with Text

Part of String HandlingGCSE Computer Science

This introduction covers Working with Text 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 2 of 6 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.

Topic position

Section 2 of 6

Practice

15 questions

Recall

8 flashcards

Working with Text

Strings are everywhere - names, addresses, passwords, messages. String handling is the art of manipulating text. Need to extract the first 3 characters? Check if an email contains "@"? Convert to UPPERCASE? Concatenate first name and surname? These operations are essential for any program that deals with text!

Keep building this topic

Read this section alongside the surrounding pages in String Handling. That gives you the full topic sequence instead of a single isolated revision point.

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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