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. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list