Addressing part of a string through array syntax in Python

Question

Is it possible in Python to address a specific character in a string with the syntax of a standard array?

Example: PHP:

$foo = 'bar';
echo $foo[1]; // Output: a

This does not work, as in PHP, so I wanted to know if this is possible using another method?

Answer 1

As Adam pointed out, reading from an array of strings is possible in Python using indexing syntax. Impossible, although written in a string using this syntax:

>>> s = 'bar'
>>> s[2] = 'z'
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment

Perhaps this was the problem you encountered?

Answer 2

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foo = 'bar'
print foo[1] # Output: a

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