txt = "hello"
txt[0], txt[1] = txt[1], txt[0]
why doesn't this code work?
Isn't it similar to this?
a, b = 1,2
a,b = b,a
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5My answer would be that [strings are immutable](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python_text_processing/python_string_immutability.htm). – Mr. T Apr 15 '22 at 20:02
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1Strings in python are immutable – Quimby Apr 15 '22 at 20:02
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that would work if you used lists, for example. – kindall Apr 15 '22 at 20:03
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In Python, strings do not support the syntax str[num] = ... at all. The problem is not that you are trying to swap values, it is just that strings cannot be edited like that at all.
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