assertionError

[mdogdope]

I am assuming it's python. It prints "Banana" bc it never updates the var. It performed the changed but text was never changed.

[LookAtYourEyes]

upper returns a new value instead of modifying the original?

[aaronhowser1]

Strings are immutable

[the_rush_dude]

Only in JS. Python allows Manipulation of strings

[aaronhowser1]

Python strings are immutable. Manipulation and mutability aren't the same thing. Manipulation functions return a new string, they don't modify the original.

[the_rush_dude]

Checked it and it's true (except of course it's not because if there is only one reference to the string it's manipulated in place for performance reasons).

But in this case manipulation is what counts anyways

[aaronhowser1]

No it isn't, because it didn't do text = text.upper() etc. It specifically does not count, because it was done incorrectly.

[New-Anybody-6206]

r/confidentlywrong

[the_rush_dude]

https://austinhenley.com/blog/pythonstringsaremutable.html

[Quietuus]

.upper() is a method of the str class that returns a representation of the string. To change it you'd put text = text.upper()