python set char at index code example

Example 1: python edit string variable

text = 'abcdefg'
new = list(text)
new[6] = 'W'
''.join(new)

Example 2: how to change character in string python

>>> s = list("Hello zorld")
>>> s
['H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ' ', 'z', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd']
>>> s[6] = 'W'
>>> s
['H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ' ', 'W', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd']
>>> "".join(s)
'Hello World'