> I'm at a loss as to how I can re-insert the converted data to the > location I pulled it from, essentially re-writing the data that was > there. > >>> l = range (10) >>> l[5] = 6 >>> print l [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9] >>> l[4:7] = [3, 19, 20] >>> print l [0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 19, 20, 7, 8, 9] >>> Hope this helps. Alex.