Reversing a string without creating another string

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#1

I am trying to reverse a string without creating a new string. But this doesnt seem to work. Can anyone tell me why I cannot modify the existing string, esp when a string could be treated as an array of characters?

The following is the code

def reverse(s):
  for i in range(len(s)/2):
    t= s[i]
    s[i] = s[len(s)-1-i]
    s[len(s)-1-i] = t
  return s

This is related to the following exercise
https://www.codecademy.com/courses/learn-python/lessons/practice-makes-perfect/exercises/reverse?action=resume_content_item

#2

strings can’t be changed. You can’t treat it like a mutable array, it isn’t that. Lists are that.