From 94b44dbd3713be15673a12eb564547ce00d2c5a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Heras Quesada <dani.heras@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:16:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: string manipulation

---
 src/modules/primitives/strings.py | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/primitives/strings.py b/src/modules/primitives/strings.py
index 832b6ce..4dd3528 100644
--- a/src/modules/primitives/strings.py
+++ b/src/modules/primitives/strings.py
@@ -1,7 +1,65 @@
-def t_strings():
+from string import Formatter
+
+def template_strings():
     my_template = "This is a value: {test}"
     print(my_template.format(test="another"))
 
+    complext_template = "The number of days in a %s is %d"
+    # % is the string formatting operator
+    print(complext_template % ("year", 365))
+
+    print("Numbers can also be formatted, such as %.2f" % 123.1235)
+
+    print("Simple template values can also be indexed {0} {1} but CANT use the formatting operator '%'".format("first", "second"))
+
+    print("What can do is specify both a template value name and a format, such as {test:.2f}".format(test=123.12345))
+
+    name = "Me"
+    surname = "Another dude"
+    print(f"I'm {name} {surname}")
+
+    # Lower level access to format flows
+    test_template = "This is an example with {with_quotes!r} or a number {num:.2f}"
+    for text, field, format_spec, conversion  in Formatter().parse(test_template):
+        print(f"{text=}, {field=}, {format_spec=}, {conversion=}")
+
+    # Allow input in templates
+    # print(t"Hello, {input("Enter your name: ")} 👋 Welcome back!")
+
+
+def split_strings():
+    example_string = "This is a long string with a number 2134"
+    print(f"> Example string: {example_string}")
+
+    first_four = example_string[:4]
+    print(f"> First four: {first_four}")
+
+    last_four = example_string[-4:]
+    print(f"> Last four: {last_four}")
+
+    without_first_four = example_string[4:]
+    print(f"> Without first four: {without_first_four}")
+
+    without_last_four = example_string[:-4]
+    print(f"> Without last four: {without_last_four}")
+
+    with_replaced_l = example_string.replace("l", "p")
+    print(f"> With replaced l: {with_replaced_l}")
+
+    # Must use ascii chars
+    with_multiple_removed = example_string.translate({97: None, 101: None, 105: None, 111: None, 117: None})
+    print(f"> Without vocals: {with_multiple_removed}")
+
+    a_to_o = str.maketrans("a", "o")
+    with_o_instead_of_a = example_string.translate(a_to_o)
+    print(f"> With o instead of a: {with_o_instead_of_a}")
+
+    no_a = str.maketrans("", "", "a")
+    without_a = example_string.translate(no_a)
+    print(f"> Without a: {without_a}")
+
+
 
 def run():
-    t_strings()
+    template_strings()
+    split_strings()