Is An Element of a Sequence an Object?

[Rustom Mody]

On Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 12:45:23 AM UTC+5:30, Jon Forrest wrote:
> I'm learning about Python. A book I'm reading about it
> says "... a string in Python is a sequence. A sequence is an ordered
> collection of objects". This implies that each character in a string
> is itself an object.
> 
> This doesn't seem right to me, but since I'm just learning Python
> I questioned the author about this. He gave an example the displays
> the ids of string slices. These ids are all different, but I think
> that's because the slicing operation creates objects.
> 
> I'd like to suggest an explanation of what a sequence is
> that doesn't use the word 'object' because an object has
> a specific meaning in Python.
> 
> Am I on the right track here?

Its a good sign that you are confused
If you were not (feeling) confused, it would mean you are actually more so…
Following is not exactly what you are disturbed by... Still closely related

>>> s="a string"
>>> s[0]
'a'
>>> s[0][0]
'a'
>>> s[0][0][0][0][0]
'a'

If you prefer jargon, elements of a string are not first class