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Handle an index out of range

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Write a Python program that reads a list item by index and handles invalid indexes.

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Input
index 1 and 10 of ["a", "b", "c"]
Output
1 b
10 is out of range for 3 items

Approach

  1. Catch IndexError.

Solution

Python
items = ["a", "b", "c"]for i in [1, 10]:    try:        print(i, items[i])    except IndexError:        print(i, "is out of range for", len(items), "items")
Output
1 b
10 is out of range for 3 items

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