How do I modify a single character in a string, in Python?

Question

How do I modify a single character in a string, in Python? Something like:

 a = \"hello\"
 a[2] = \"m\"

\'str\' object does not support ite

Answer 1

In python, string are immutable. If you want to change a single character, you'll have to use slicing:

a = "hello"
a = a[:2] + "m" + a[3:]