[Tutor] IndexError and appending to lists [Was: Re: Need Help on Assignment]

[Danny Yoo]

[Danny]
> >Anyway, this doesn't answer the problem: how do we add elements to a
> >list? In Python, we can accumulate elements in a list by append()ing:

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[Tom]
> So, for example, would I use the following in my "while" loop:
>
>                       date.append(T[N][0])
>
> Before the loop, date would have to be defined as date =[], is this
> correct?

Yes.  Each of the list variables that you're accumulating should each be
initialized to an empty list.

Good luck!