need help with my append syntax

[Qiangning Hong]

yaffa wrote:
> dear folks,
> 
> i'm trying to append a semicolon to my addr string and am using the
> syntax below.  for some reason the added on of the ; doesn't work.
> when i print it out later on it only shows the original value of addr.
> 
> addr = incident.findNextSibling('td')
> addr.append('%s;')

Is addr is really a string?  AFAIK, strings havn't an append methond.

use += to extend strings:

.>>> addr = 'abc'
.>>> addr += '%s;'
.>>> addr
'abc%s;'

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