I think this thread already covers the issue pretty thoroughly. s = string(s[1:2], "A", s[4:end])
Note that using "string" as a variable name is not advised since it's a function name. On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:01 AM, JVaz <joanvazquezmol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, I am new in Julia and it's the first time I publish here, but I > actually would find it useful to modify a string. For example, I want to do: > > string = "ACTGACTG" > string[3] = A --> (error) > > And I cannot use replace because I don't wanna change all the T, I just > wanna change the third character in the string. > For me, it is useful that they are trings because then "after a mutation" > I can easily check if two strings are the same, e.g: > > How could I do that, then? > Thanks >
