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Strings

• to add a table to your text use the character combination \t

Example:

>>> print("\tPython")
	Python

• to add a new line to your string use the character combination \n

Example:

>>> print("Language: \nPython\nC\nJavaScript")
Language:
Python
C
JavaScript

• to tell Python to move to a new line, and start the next line with a tab

>>> print("Languages:\n\tPython\n\tC\n\tJavaScript")
Languages:
	Python
	C
	JavaScript

Lists

To access an item in a list we use index notation starting at index 0. Furthermore, index -1 asks Python to give us the last item in a given list

bicycles = ['trek', 'cannondale', 'redline', 'specialized']
print(bicycles[-1])