Question

The code:

count = 0
oldcount = 0
for char in inwords:
    if char == " ":
        anagramlist.append(inwords[oldcount, count])
        oldcount = count
        count = 0
    else:
        count += 1

the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Knowhaw/Desktop/Python Programs/Anagram solver/HTS anagram.py", line 14,        
in <module>
    anagramlist.append(inwords[oldcount, count])
TypeError: string indices must be integers

what the hell is going on?
count and oldcount are obviously ints, yet the error says they aren’t

I can even write

anagramlist.append(inwords[int(oldcount), int(count)])

and get the same error

Answer 1

You’re trying to use (oldcount, count) as an index to the list. This is a tuple, not an int.

Do you perhaps mean:

anagramlist.append(inwords[oldcount:count])

?