Re: Modify a string's value

On Jul 15, 11:55 pm, Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just came across this unusual situation where I'd like to modify a string passed to a function Again: Why? The normal way to do this is to create a new string and return that. snip Yes, usually, but that

Modify a string's value

Hi everyone, I've heard that a 'str' object is immutable. But is there *any* way to modify a string's internal value? Thanks, Sebastian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Modify a string's value

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've heard that a 'str' object is immutable. But is there *any* way to modify a string's internal value? If there were, it would not be immutable. The 'str' type has only immutable values. You could implement your own string type, and have it allow mutable values

Re: Modify a string's value

Sebastian: I've heard that a 'str' object is immutable. But is there *any* way to modify a string's internal value? No, but you can use other kind of things: s = hello sl = list(s) sl[1] = a sl ['h', 'a', 'l', 'l', 'o'] .join(sl) 'hallo' from array import array sa = array(c, s) sa

Re: Modify a string's value

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I've heard that a 'str' object is immutable. But is there *any* way to modify a string's internal value? In 3.0, ascii chars and encoded unicode chars in general can be stored in a mutable bytearray. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Re: Modify a string's value

On Jul 15, 3:06 pm, Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've heard that a 'str' object is immutable. But is there *any* way to modify a string's internal value? If there were, it would not be immutable. The 'str' type has only immutable values. You could

Re: Modify a string's value

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I've heard that a 'str' object is immutable. But is there *any* way to modify a string's internal value? Thanks, Sebastian Why would you care? Just create a new string (with the changed contents) and let garbage collection take care of the old one when

Re: Modify a string's value

On Jul 15, 6:46 pm, Larry Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I've heard that a 'str' object is immutable. But is there *any* way to modify a string's internal value? Thanks, Sebastian Why would you care? Just create a new string (with the changed

Re: Modify a string's value

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just came across this unusual situation where I'd like to modify a string passed to a function Again: Why? The normal way to do this is to create a new string and return that. which seems impossible since Python passes arguments by value. No, Python passes