a simple question about string object

[Alex Martelli]

Tim Roberts wrote:
   ...
>>>>> s = '12345'
>>>>> s[2] = 'x'
   ...
>>should i define a function to do this? Is there any modules existing can
>>do this?
> 
> There is no standard module to do this.  If you need to do this a lot, you

Actually, module UserString, class MutableString, might help.

>>> import UserString
>>> st = UserString.MutableString
>>> s = st('12345')
>>> s[2] = 'x'
>>> s
'12x45'
>>>


Alex