Python: how I could access to item values in list?

Question

Hello all,
I read TXT file trought a list. But how I could access to item values in the list?
Thank you in advance for answers!

Code:
with open( dat, "r", encoding="ANSI" ) as f:
lines=f.read().split()
print( lines.__str__())
f.close()

The result is:
['""', '""', '""', '""', '""', '""', '"Interval:', '01/01/17', '00:00:00', '-', '31/01/17', '23:59:59"', '""']

Answer 1

If you want to access (lines) outside the with cycle, you need to declare the variable before the loop.
lines = []
with open(dat, "r", encoding="ANSI") as f:
lines = f.read().split()
print(lines.__str__())
f.close()

for elem in lines:
print(elem)

print(lines[0])

Answer 2

thanks a lot, Eugene!!!!!