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How do you get Python to print just one value in a list?
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How do you get Python to print just one value in a list?
#1
If I just want Python to print the value in a certain index position in list how do I do it?

This is not giving me what I want:

numbers = [2, 4, 6, 8]
    
    print ([0])
    
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#2
print(numbers[0])
If you don't mention the name, how it will know from which list (there may be plenty) :-)
Right now you just print list with one element
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#3
I think I got it.

numbers[2]
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#4
As a bit of an explainer on indexing:

 position:   |  0  |  1 |  2  |  3  |  4  |
 data:       |  a  |  b |  c  |  d  |  e  |
- position:  | -5  | -4 | -3  | -2  | -1  |
The above shows how any indexed object (of which a list object is one example) can be accessed.

For example:

list_data = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']

string = 'abcde'

... to name but two.
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