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| From | Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> |
| Date | 2012-09-23 12:45 -0600 |
| Subject | Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1145.1348425941.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 12:31 PM, jimbo1qaz <jimmyli1528@gmail.com> wrote: > spots[y][x]=mark fails with a "'str' object does not support item assignment" error,even though: >>>> a=[["a"]] >>>> a[0][0]="b" > and: >>>> a=[["a"]] >>>> a[0][0]=1000000 > both work. > Spots is a nested list created as a copy of another list. There's not enough information to go on here to even speculate what might be causing the error, beyond "spots probably does not have the structure you think it does". Please post the code that you're actually running along with the full error traceback, and then maybe we can help you out. Also try printing the value of spots just before the assignment and see what it actually looks like.
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'str' object does not support item assignment jimbo1qaz <jimmyli1528@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 11:31 -0700
Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment jimbo1qaz <jimmyli1528@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 11:36 -0700
Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 12:45 -0600
Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-09-23 19:47 +0100
Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment jimbo1qaz <jimmyli1528@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 11:55 -0700
Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment jimbo1qaz <jimmyli1528@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 11:55 -0700
Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 19:48 +0100
Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-23 20:11 +0100
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