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Range. Why is 4 the right answer?

When learning about Range Function in Python, this came up with the question "What is the result of this code?" nums = list(range(5)) print(nums[4]) So, as far as I know the list would be [0,1,2,3,4,5], but since it is asking to print nums[4] I believe the answer should be number 3, since number 3 is the fourth item on the list, but when I try it says number 4 is the right answer for this question. How is number 4 the right answer?

26th Nov 2019, 7:46 PM
Leticia
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Print the "nums" to see the lists' content.# indexes starts at 0 not 1.
26th Nov 2019, 7:56 PM
rodwynnejones
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rodwynnejones when it says print (nums [4]) shouldnt it print the fourth item of the list [0,1,2,3,4] (i got the list wrong last time) instead of printing the number 4?
26th Nov 2019, 7:58 PM
Leticia
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range() function does not include the last(stop) number in the result and we are starting from 0
26th Nov 2019, 8:00 PM
THEGreatGatsby
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using your example->[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] nums[0] -> 0 nums[1] -> 1 nums[2] ->2 ...etc if the list was [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] nums[0] -> 1 nums[1] -> 2 nums[2] -> 3 ....etc.
26th Nov 2019, 8:39 PM
rodwynnejones
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See the range function.gives output as x-1 for input x and in the list the indexing starts from 0,1,2.... When asked for nums[4] it gives answer as 3
28th Nov 2019, 4:01 PM
SAYAM
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