[0] silly question

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Hello, Isn’t clear for me what does [0] stand for in this script; can someone try to explain to me?

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// Setup
var myStr = "Jello World";

// Only change code below this line
myStr[0] = "Hello World"; // Change this line
// Only change code above this line

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Challenge: Understand String Immutability

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[0] in this case this is being used as an index which is a position in an array like structure such as a string.

Array like structure start at index 0 so the first element in the list will be at index 0. In the case of:

var myStr = "Jello World";
//the first element in the string or myStr[0] would be J
myStr[0] === 'J' //true

You cannot do this myStr[0] = "Hello World"; as a string is a primitive value so you cannot swap out single characters as the string is "Jello World" not an actual array of individual characters (at least this is the case in JavaScript).

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