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What happens if you attempt to access an element of a list using a negative index?

29th Dec 2018, 8:27 AM
Pradeep Kumar
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HonFu yes you're right. Pradeep Kumar List indexes of -x means the xth item from the end of the list, so for example n[-1] means the last item in the list n. Next time don't forget to include the Programming language in the tag.
29th Dec 2018, 8:42 AM
Ikechukwu Okonkwo
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You read from the back of the list if it's Python - or you go where you shouldn't go if it's C.
29th Dec 2018, 8:36 AM
HonFu
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HonFu Also with ruby you will go backward 😄
29th Dec 2018, 9:33 AM
Sekiro
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