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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Specific Index value

Tess McCoy
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Tess McCoy
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Task 1 of 2 Challenge Indexes create new variable varl. Make sure index value 5 is "t."

My code: varl = "badset" varl[5] I'm getting a NameError. However, this code works perfectly in the workspaces.

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james south
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james south
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it's not asking you to slice anything, just set the variable var1 (it looks like you may have varl, not var1) to something where the 5th index is a t.

Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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You just have a typo.

You wrote "varl" (with the lower-case letter "l") instead of "var1" (with the number "1").

:warning: Be careful about testing a challenge in an external REPL or workspaces.
If you have misunderstood the challenge, it's also very likely that you will misinterpret the results.