Question

I have the following array(in python):

arr= ['\n', ' a#B\n', ' c#D\n'] 

Now I an trying to split on ‘#’ for which I am writing the code given below:

 for i in arr:
 g=i.split("#")[1]

I am getting the following error:

 g=i.split("#")[1]
 IndexError: list index out of range

I am not getting why am I getting the error. Can someone be kind enough to help rectify it.

Answer 1

When the first element of your list, '\n' is assigned to i it does not contain "#", so the result list is only one element long, not two. Attempting to retrieve index 1 fails, but index 0 would be present.