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Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment

Date 2012-09-23 19:48 +0100
From Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com>
Subject Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment
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On 09/23/2012 07:31 PM, jimbo1qaz 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.

But
a = "a"
a[0] = 'c'
fails for the same reason, which is that strings in Python are immutable..

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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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