mp wrote: > X-No-Archive > How do I go about modifying one character in a string elegantly? > In other words, I want a function that will change 'aaaa' to 'aaza', > given the index 2 of the character in the string. > > Also, how do I do this when dealing with a file ; which file mode > should I use and what function should I use to modify a single > character once in that file mode? > > Thanks > MP
Technically you can't - strings are immutable. If you use the StringIO module then you can use a common approach between 'strings' in memory, and files, using seek and write. All the best, Keir. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
