[Tutor] how to add string into the specified position of the original string

Danny Yoo dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu
Sun Oct 24 02:44:28 CEST 2004



On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Lin Jin wrote:

> if i define a function:
> def setposition(post,outter,string):
>
> i want to call the function setposition(3,"S", "0S0 0SSSS") that return
> the"OSOSOSSSS"

Hi Lin,

This sounds slightly like a homework problem, so I'll have to be a little
vague.


Are you familiar with lists yet?  If so, you may want to try converting
your string into a list of characters, and manipulate that.

See:

    http://www.python.org/doc/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-43


Good luck to you.



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