How do I count the distance between strings in a list?

[Ken Seehart]

collin wrote:
> For example, if I were to have the code
>
> randomlist = ["1", "2", "3", "4"]
>
> And I want to count the distance between strings "1" and "4" which is
> 3, what command can I use to do this?
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randomlist.index("4") - randomlist.index("1")

Ken