python shuffle string

Quick way to shuffle a string.

Listing 1: shuffle string

from random import sample

w = "abc"
new_w = "".join(sample(w, len(w)))
print(new_w)

Result

cba

Listing 2: can't use random.shuffle

from random import shuffle

w = "abc"
shuffle(w)
print(w)

Result

TypeErrorTraceback (most recent call last)
 in 
      2 
      3 w = "abc"
----> 4 shuffle(w)
      5 print(w)

/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/random.py in shuffle(self, x, random)
    276                 # pick an element in x[:i+1] with which to exchange x[i]
    277                 j = randbelow(i+1)
--> 278                 x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i]
    279         else:
    280             _int = int

TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment