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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 17:40:44 +1000
Subject: Re: a problem about "print"
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 5:28 PM, levi nie <levinie001@gmail.com> wrote:
> aList=str(aList)
> print aList
> print aList[2]

The str() function takes pretty much anything and returns a string.
When you subscript a string, you get characters. It's not a list of
numbers any more.

(Technically str is a class, not a function, but that distinction
doesn't matter.)

ChrisA