---
id: 0e2f4bd857b1edc70bfcd1f9
title: Working with Strings
challengeType: 11
videoId: OrejgL7kP3M
dashedName: working-with-strings
---

# --description--

In this video, you will learn about string concatenation, indexing, and useful string methods.

# --questions--

## --text--

Which of the following is the correct way to access the first character of a string?

## --answers--

```python
phrase = "Giraffe Academy"
print(phrase[1])
```

---

```python
phrase = "Giraffe Academy"
print(phrase[0])
```

---

```python
phrase = "Giraffe Academy"
print(phrase[-1])
```

---

```python
phrase = "Giraffe Academy"
print(phrase[2])
```

## --video-solution--

2
