How To Check If The N-th Element Exists In A Python List?

I have a list in python x = ['a','b','c'] with 3 elements. I want to check if a 4th element exists without receiving an error message. How would I do that?

Solution 1:

You check for the length:

len(x) >= 4

or you catch the IndexError exception:

try:
    value = x[3]
except IndexError:
    value = None  # no 4th index

What you use depends on how often you can expect there to be a 4th value. If it is usually there, use the exception handler (better to ask forgiveness); if you mostly do not have a 4th value, test for the length (look before you leap).

Solution 2:

You want to check if the list is 4 or more elements long?

len(x) >= 4

You want to check if what would be the fourth element in a series is in a list?

'd' in x