[Tutor] changing list element in loop

[Jim Mooney]

Why isn't 'e' changing to 'pP here when the vowel list is mutable:

vowelList = list('aeiouy')

for x in vowelList:
    if x == 'e':
        x = 'P'

print(vowelList)

#result: ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y']

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Jim Mooney