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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

#29842 — 'str' object does not support item assignment

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.

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#29844

On Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:31:41 AM UTC-7, 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.

Yeah, it's a recursive function. Like it makes a difference.

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#29846

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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#29847

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.

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#29849

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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#29850

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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#29848

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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#29851

On 23/09/2012 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.
>

Looks to me as if there are three options.
a) raise a bug report on the Python bug tracker at bugs.python.org.
b) fix your code.

As option b) is the likely route, the way forward is to put print 
statements in your code so you can see what data you have *AND* what 
type it is.

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.

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