On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:46:03 +0100
Mark Lawrence <brea...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > I assume it's based on the concepts of slicing. From the docs > "s.insert(i, x) - inserts x into s at the index given by i (same as > s[i:i] = [x])". Although shouldn't that read s[i:i+1] = [x] ?
No, the latter would replace the contents at index i, while the former
inserts it (formally, it replaces the 0-length slice with a 1-length
slice).
Regards
Antoine.
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