Strings in javascript are immutable, so even if you change a character using the [] notation, it always returns a new string.
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This instead work as you expected
// The string is transformed into an Array const arrString = [..."abc123"] arrString[0] = "X" // arrString is now ["X", "b", "c", "1", "2", "3"]
Makes sense - thanks! (forgot (or never really knew?) that strings in javascript were immutable)
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Strings in javascript are immutable, so even if you change a character using the
[]notation, it always returns a new string.This instead work as you expected
Makes sense - thanks! (forgot (or never really knew?) that strings in javascript were immutable)