why did python return answer as 8 instead of 7 cos i'm told we start counting from 0 ,help i'm a noob

Question

phrase="Giraffe Academy"

print(phrase.index("A"))

Answer 1

0 G
1 i
2 r
3 a
4 f
5 f
6 e
7 " " (space)
8 A

Answer 2

okay we count space as well?? thanks a mil!!!