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Extracting an Element from a List or String

The indexing expression in MOO extracts a specified element from a list or string:

expression-1[expression-2]

First, expression-1 is evaluated; it must return a list or a string (the sequence). Then, expression-2 is evaluated and must return an integer (the index). If either of the expressions returns some other type of value, E_TYPE is returned. The index must be between 1 and the length of the sequence, inclusive; if it is not, then E_RANGE is raised. The value of the indexing expression is the index'th element in the sequence. Anywhere within expression-2, you can use the symbol $ as an expression returning the length of the value of expression-1.

"fob"[2]                =>  "o"
"fob"[1]                =>  "f"
{#12, #23, #34}[$ - 1]  =>  #23

Note that there are no legal indices for the empty string or list, since there are no integers between 1 and 0 (the length of the empty string or list).

Fine point: The $ expression actually returns the length of the value of the expression just before the nearest enclosing [...] indexing or subranging brackets. For example:

"frob"[{3, 2, 4}[$]]     =>  "b"

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