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Indexing

10:33 with Craig Dennis

Now that we have stuff in our list, how do we access specific elements. Through indexing! Let's explore.

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books = [
    "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners - Al Sweigart",
    "Python for Data Analysis",
    "Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming - Luciano Ramalho",
    "Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction To Programming - Jason R. Briggs",
    "Hello Web App: Learn How to Build a Web App - Tracy Osborn",
]

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    you can refer to a specific element through what is known as indexing. 0:00
    Every element in your list is assigned a number. 0:03
    And you can access them by an opening hard bracket followed by a number 0:05
    representing which element you want and a closing hard bracket. 0:09
    We'll explore accessing elements here in a bit but 0:13
    first, let's tackle a common problem that happens when indexing. 0:15
    Indexing in Python is zero based. 0:19
    What this means is that the first element, 0:22
    which most likely you would assume to be one, is actually zero. 0:24
    And the second element that you would probably assume is two, it's actually one. 0:28

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