how to find the element using index method from a list

Question

im working with a log file containing data. I converted the text file into a list using python, i would now like to print out the user that are mentioned in the file by using the index() method.

file = open("live.txt", 'r')
result = [line.split(' ') for line in file.readlines()]
result.index(10)

I know that the user is mention in element number 10 from the list, but for some reason i dont get the username printed out.

Answer 1

If you want an element from a list and you know its index, don't use the index method, use a subscript (AKA square brackets).

>>> file = open("live.txt", 'r')
>>> result = [line.split(' ') for line in file.readlines()]
>>> print(result[10])
['Hello,', "I'm", 'the', 'text', 'that', 'lives', 'on', 'the', 'eleventh', 'line', 'of', 'live.txt']