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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Specific Index value

Philip Collins
Philip Collins
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Posted by Philip Collins
Philip Collins
13,249 Points

Let's practice with indexes! Make a new variable named var1 that is either a list or a string. Make sure that var1[5],

its coming up with a NameError: varl is not defined?

index.py 
varl = "adfght"
varl[5]

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! This is a tricky one and I sort of wish they'd rename that variable. You've typed varl instead of var1. They look very similar don't they? But the one you have typed ends in a lower case "L". Theirs ends in the number one.

Note that when you make that correction, you will not need the second line of your code. This does become a bit more obvious on the second step when they ask for a var2.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

I fixed the variable names to be less confusing!