Welcome to this in-depth (less) video on strings and string manipulation. We'll be exploring the world of strings, those sequences of characters that form the foundation of text in programming. Get ready to learn about string methods for formatting, searching, and manipulating text.

In C++, you can declare a string literal like this, using double quotes to enclose the characters. This creates a string variable named 's' that holds the text 'HackerEarth'.

Now, let's dive into string formatting. This is where we get to control the appearance and structure of our text, making it dynamic and expressive.

Imagine you want to create a message that includes a variable or a value. String formatting allows you to seamlessly integrate these elements into your text.

Here's an example in Python using the modulo operator. We use the '%' symbol as a placeholder, and then we insert the value 'hurriedly' into the string.

Another method is using the 'format()' method. Curly braces act as placeholders, and we specify the order of values using numbers within the braces.

Now, let's explore the powerful string methods that give you a wide range of tools to manipulate and transform your text.

The 'count()' method counts the occurrences of a substring within a string, helping you analyze patterns.

Now, let's see how we can combine these string methods to perform more complex text manipulations.

Let's say we want to shift each character of a string by a specified number of positions. We can achieve this using a loop and some clever modulo arithmetic.

This C++ code demonstrates how to shift characters in a string. The loop iterates through each character, calculates the new index based on the shift value, and places the character at the new position.