# program that illustrates string operations +, *, len, and indexing
# File name: string_operations.py

def main():
    print "This program illustrates some string operations on two strings inputed by the user."
    string1=raw_input("Please, input the first string:")
    string2=raw_input("Please, input the second string:")

    print "The two inputed strings are:"
    print string1
    print string2

    print "The concatenation of the first string and the second string: ", string1+string2
    print "The concatenation of the first string and the second string, with the space between them: ", string1+' '+string2
    print "Five repetitions of the first string: ", string1*5
    print "Three repetitions of the second string: ", 3*string2

    print "The first string has ", len(string1), " characters"
    print "The second string has ", len(string2), " characters"

    print "One more operation: ", (string1+' ')*4

    print "Good buy!"

main()