return the position of a list and to check if it exists

Question

I am trying (python) to insert a position of a list from the keyboard and if the position exists then it shows but my sentence is not working correctly

l = ['Poland', 'Spain','France'] 

variable=int(input('give me the position'))

for i in range(len(l)):
    if(i==variable):
        print(l[i])
    else:
        print('the position does not exist')

For example if I choose the position 2 it returns me 'the position does not exist' two times plus France and if I choose a position that it does not exist then it returs me 'the position does not exist' three times

I also tried the next sentence but I insert a position that it is not in the list (for example 4) then it returns me IndexError: list index out of range instead of the print 'does not exist'

if(l[variable]in l):
    print(l[variable])
else:
    print('does not exist')

Could you help me?

thank you

Answer 1

You don't need to use for loop, you can use try-catch as error handling. This is what you need

l = ['Poland', 'Spain','France'] 

variable=int(input('give me the position = '))

try:
  print(l[variable])
except IndexError:
  print("position does not exists")