How to modify a string in place?

[Andrew M. Kuchling]

John Powers writes:
>I would like to modify the string in place. Any ideas?

	Use the array module:

>>> import array
>>> a = array.array('c', 'hello world')
>>> print a
array('c', 'hello world')
>>> a[0] = 'y' ; print a
array('c', 'yello world')

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