On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 01:04:20PM -0500, Johan Martinez wrote: > Hi, > > I am struggling to understand Python string immutability. I am able to > modify Python string object after initializing/assigning it a value. So how > does immutability work? I am not following it. Sorry for really stupid > question. Any help?
No, you're actualy not. > >>> s = "First" > >>> print s > First At this point, you have created a string object with the value "First" and put that into the variable "s" (which is glossing over a detail about how Python variables realy work, but that's another topic). > >>> s = "Second" > >>> print s > Second Now you created a new string object with the value "Second" and stored THAT into s, replacing the original object, which is now lost. -- Steve Willoughby | Using billion-dollar satellites st...@alchemy.com | to hunt for Tupperware. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
