Does this do what you are looking for? >>> s = 'abcdefg'; >>> a = []; >>> a += s; >>> a; ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g']
Ron Griswold Character TD R!OT Pictures [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Chase Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:20 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Converting a string to an array? While working on a Jumble-esque program, I was trying to get a string into a character array. Unfortunately, it seems to choke on the following import random s = "abcefg" random.shuffle(s) returning File "/usr/lib/python2.3/random.py", line 250, in shuffle x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i] TypeError: object doesn't support item assignment The closest hack I could come up with was import random s = "abcdefg" a = [] a.extend(s) random.shuffle(a) s = "".join(a) This lacks the beauty of most python code, and clearly feels like there's somethign I'm missing. Is there some method or function I've overlooked that would convert a string to an array with less song-and-dance? Thanks, -tim -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
