Furthermore, Python contains the notion of "slice-notation," meaning that the programmer can chose small sections of the string, called "substrings" to manipulate as well.

The string manipulation and file I/O commands became trivial operations. Instead of wasting time fighting with the language, we spent time fulfilling customer requirements. Our rapid development ...

The project has posed a challenge for me. I'm definitely learning a lot about string manipulation and the power of Python. I went ahead and converted my height field to inches.