Understanding memory location of Python variables

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Hi everyone,

I'm intrigued by the output of the following code, which was totally contrary to my expectations. Can someone tell me what is happening?

>>> myName = "Kevin"
>>> id(myName)
47406848
>>> id(myName[0])
36308576
>>> id(myName[1])
2476000

I expected myName[0] to be located at the same memory location as the myName variable itself. I also expected myName[1] to be located immediately after myName[0].