KwickClips Python · 41 sec · free
Can you change one letter of a string?
Short answer. No. Strings are immutable, so Python gives a TypeError.
How do you turn Kavya into Savya?
Join "S" with the slice name[1:] to make a new string.
Remember
| Immutable: cannot change |
| Changes make a new string |
Change one letter of a string, and Python errors. Why? Strings are immutable, so they cannot change. Index zero cannot be replaced. So join S with the rest. That makes a new string. Strings are immutable. A change makes a new string.
This clip is from the full lesson: Strings: Indexing, Slicing and String Operations — 8 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science Essentials (083), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science Essentials (083)
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