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Change cat into bat (a) with a list of letters and (b) with a string. Which one is easier?
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Change cat into bat (a) with a list of letters and (b) with a string. Which one is easier?
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Lists can be changed in place. Strings cannot.
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- (a) List.
letters = ["c", "a", "t"], thenletters[0] = "b". The list is now['b', 'a', 't']."".join(letters)makes the wordbat. - (b) String. We cannot write
word[0] = "b". We build a new string:"b" + word[1:], which isbat.
A list is easier to change. A string is fixed, so we make a new one.
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