# 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=input("Please, input the first string:")
    string2=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("That's it.")

main()