Solution for IndexError: list assignment index out of range😭

Question

This is the code
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def countApplesAndOranges(s, t, a, b, apples, oranges):
ap=[]
oran=[]
for i in range(len(apples)) :
ap[i]=apples[i]+a
for i in range(len(oranges)) :
oran[i]=oranges[i]+b

p=0
og=0
for i in range(len(apples)-1) :
if (ap[i]>s and ap[i]<s):
p+=1
for i in range(len(oranges)-1):
if (oran[i]>s and oran[i]<t):
og+=1
print (p)
print (og)
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The error I am facing is this:
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Traceback (most recent call last)
File "Solution.py", line 52, in <module>
countApplesAndOranges(s, t, a, b, apples, oranges)
File "Solution.py", line 14, in countApplesAndOranges
ap[i]=apples[i]+a
IndexError: list assignment index out of range
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Thanks for any possible help out there

Answer 1

Senithu Sethmin👿

write len(apples) - 1

for i in range(len(apples) - 1):
ap[i] = apples[i] + a

Same for oranges

As array index start from 0 so you should always do listsize - 1

Answer 2

Thanks