Aren’t Python strings immutable? Then why does a + ” ” + b work?

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First a pointed to the string “Dog”. Then you changed the variable a to point at a new string “Dog eats treats”. You didn’t actually mutate the string “Dog”. Strings are immutable, variables can point at whatever they want.

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