Partially unpacking a sequence

[Sybren Stuvel]

tkpmep at hotmail.com enlightened us with:
>>>> y[1,3]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: list indices must be integers
>
> The error message gave me no clue as to what I was doing wrong (in
> my mind, I was just writing out the elements of a range), and I
> thought perhaps that my inclusion of a comma was the problem.

You thought correct. List indices must be integers, not tuples.

> Perhaps a more explicit error message would have helped.

Why? You thought the right thing.

Sybren
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