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Re: 'str' object does not support item assignment

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On Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:48:11 AM UTC-7, MRAB wrote:
> On 2012-09-23 19:31, 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.
> 
> >
> 
> The error suggests that spots[y] is actually a string. Printing
> 
> repr(spots) and repr(spots[y]) should tell you whether it is.

ya, I'm an idiot. I accidentally made a string instead of an array.

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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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