Chapter 8. Strings and Serialization
Before we get involved with higher level design patterns, let's take a deep dive into one of Python's most common objects: the string. We'll see that there is a lot more to the string than meets the eye, and also cover searching strings for patterns and serializing data for storage or transmission.
In particular, we'll visit:
- The complexities of strings, bytes, and byte arrays
- The ins and outs of string formatting
- A few ways to serialize data
- The mysterious regular expression
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