Replacing character in position

I'm trying to use Mathematica to make some work on binary data, and I'm missing something.

Consider the string "111". I want to flip the last bit to become "110". My guess would be to use StringReplacePart, but I'm struggling to achieve this:

StringReplacePart["111", "0", 3]  (* returns "0" *)


What is the function for replacing a single character at a given position?

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You need {3, 3} as the last argument... that's the only documented form. It looks like using just 3 is equivalent to {1, 3}, but is undocumented. – R. M. Jan 8 '14 at 16:04
-.-' I needed it in a middle position and because, strangely enough, StringReplacePart["111", "0", -1] works, I assumed the notation was consistent. Thanks @rm-rf, feel free to add an answer. – J. C. Leitão Jan 8 '14 at 16:08
The last part of my answer explains why -1 worked differently. It seems like for negative indices, it is equivalent to {n, -1}. – R. M. Jan 8 '14 at 16:23

The documented form of StringReplacePart is

StringReplacePart["string", "snew", {m, n}]


where the replacement is done from positions m through n. In your case, you would need {3, 3}:

StringReplacePart["111", "0", {3, 3}]
(* "110" *)


You can also use -1 as the index for the last element (useful when the string length is unknown).

Using only an integer n as the last argument doesn't seem to be documented, but from a quick test, it appears to be the same as {1, n} for positive n and {n, -1} for negative n.

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