title: Python String object does not support error
body: <p><strong>I am learning python and while i was working on this exercise...</strong></p>
  <pre><code>student_scores = input(&quot;Input a list of student scores here &quot;)
  
  for n in range(0, len(student_scores)):
      student_scores[n] = int(student_scores[n])
  print(student_scores)
  
  highest_score = max(student_scores)
  print(highest_score)
  
  
  **i got the below error:** 
   line 5, in &lt;module&gt;
      student_scores[n] = int(student_scores[n])
  TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment
  </code></pre>