Why we receive IndexError: list index out of range error in python ?
Sometimes we receive below error message while executing python script.
IndexError: list index out of range
Lets see how this error appears on the screen.
user@ngelinux:python$ ./sixth.py
first element
2
last
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./sixth.py", line 9, in
print(mylist[4])
IndexError: list index out of range
user@ngelinux:python$
As the name implies of the above error message, the list index which is called in the script does not exist.
Lets see the index called.
print(mylist[2]) ### The above element in the array doesn't exists, i have corrected the index number which exists and it solved the issue
After correcting above issue, we can see now the issue is solved.
user@ngelinux:python$ ./sixth.py first element 2 last first element 2 last ['first element', '2', 'last'] user@ngelinux:python$