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<div><h1>BasicList # ZZ -- get element from list</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>x#i</tt></div>
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<li><span>Operator: <a href="__sh.html" title="length, or access to elements">#</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>x</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Basic__List.html">basic list</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><tt>i</tt>, <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span>the <tt>i</tt>-th element of the list <tt>x</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><p>The entries of the list are numbered starting with 0. If <tt>i</tt> is negative, then the <tt>i</tt>-th entry counting from the end is provided. If <tt>i</tt> is out of range, an error is signaled.</p>
<p>Assignment to <tt>x#i</tt> can change the value if <tt>x</tt> is mutable, i.e., an instance of the class <a href="___Mutable__List.html" title="the class of all mutable lists">MutableList</a>.</p>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : x = a .. z
o1 = (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x,
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y, z)
o1 : Sequence</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : x#12
o2 = m
o2 : Symbol</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : y = new MutableList from x
o3 = MutableList{...26...}
o3 : MutableList</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : y#12 = foo
o4 = foo
o4 : Symbol</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : toSequence y
o5 = (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, foo, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w,
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x, y, z)
o5 : Sequence</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="___Visible__List_sp_us_sp__Z__Z.html" title="get element from list">VisibleList _ ZZ</a> -- get element from list</span></li>
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