[Tutor] append question

[Steven Buck]

Hi Python Tutors:

I have a data structure that looks like:

>>> test=[[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]

I want to define a new variable that captures the second element of each
sublist from above:

>>> testvar2 = []

Next I try to capture the aforementioned elements:

>>> for i in len(test):
            testvar2.append(test[i][2])

I want testvar2 = [2,5,8] but instead I get the following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#34>", line 1, in <module>
    for i in len(test):
TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable

Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks
Steve








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Steven Buck
Ph.D. Student
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of California, Berkeley
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