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Can you please explain how this code is working?

a = [1,2,[3,4],6,5]
print(a[a[2][1]])

The result is 5. I am not able to figure out how it's working.

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

a[2] is [3,4], so a[2][1] is 4. So a[a[2][1]] = a[4] which is 5.