10. String Operations#

10.1. Introduction#

10.2. Learning Objectives#

10.3. Creating and Manipulating Strings#

10.3.1. Creating Strings#

10.3.2. String Concatenation#

10.3.3. String Repetition#

10.3.4. String Length and Basic Properties#

10.3.5. Building Dynamic Content#

10.4. String Methods for Geospatial Data#

10.4.1. Case Conversion Methods#

10.4.2. Whitespace Removal Methods#

10.4.3. String Replacement#

10.4.4. String Splitting#

10.4.5. String Joining#

10.5. String Formatting#

10.5.2. Formatting Numbers in Strings#

10.5.3. Legacy Formatting Methods#

10.5.4. Practical Formatting Examples#

10.6. String Operation Decision Guide#

10.6.1. When to Use Each Operation#

10.7. Key Takeaways#

10.8. Exercises#

10.8.1. Exercise 1: Manipulating Geographic Location Strings#

10.8.2. Exercise 2: Extracting and Formatting Coordinates#

10.8.3. Exercise 3: Building Dynamic SQL Queries#

10.8.4. Exercise 4: String Normalization and Cleaning#

10.8.5. Exercise 5: Parsing and Extracting Address Information#