freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/07-scientific-computing-with-python/python-for-everybody/strings-and-lists.md

---
id: 5e7b9f090b6c005b0e76f066
title: Strings and Lists
challengeType: 11
videoId: lxcFa7ldCi0
dashedName: strings-and-lists
---

# --description--

More resources:

\- [Exercise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9TfJF2dwHI)

# --question--

## --text--

What does n equal in this code?

```python
words = 'His e-mail is q-lar@freecodecamp.org'
pieces = words.split()
parts = pieces[3].split('-')
n = parts[1]
```

## --answers--

mail

---

q

---

lar

---

`lar@freecodecamp.org`

## --video-solution--

4
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			`id: 5e7b9f090b6c005b0e76f066`
fix: rename titles for better UX 2020-04-21 23:37:02 -05:00			`title: Strings and Lists`
feat(learn): add python video challenges (#38424) 2020-04-06 14:49:56 -04:00			`challengeType: 11`
			`videoId: lxcFa7ldCi0`
feat(curriculum): restore seed + solution to Chinese (#40683) * feat(tools): add seed/solution restore script * chore(curriculum): remove empty sections' markers * chore(curriculum): add seed + solution to Chinese * chore: remove old formatter * fix: update getChallenges parse translated challenges separately, without reference to the source * chore(curriculum): add dashedName to English * chore(curriculum): add dashedName to Chinese * refactor: remove unused challenge property 'name' * fix: relax dashedName requirement * fix: stray tag Remove stray `pre` tag from challenge file. Signed-off-by: nhcarrigan <nhcarrigan@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: nhcarrigan <nhcarrigan@gmail.com> 2021-01-13 03:31:00 +01:00			`dashedName: strings-and-lists`
feat(learn): add python video challenges (#38424) 2020-04-06 14:49:56 -04:00			`---`

Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`# --description--`

feat(learn): add python video challenges (#38424) 2020-04-06 14:49:56 -04:00			`More resources:`
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00
			`\- [Exercise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9TfJF2dwHI)`

			`# --question--`

			`## --text--`

			`What does n equal in this code?`

			```python
			`words = 'His e-mail is q-lar@freecodecamp.org'`
			`pieces = words.split()`
			`parts = pieces[3].split('-')`
			`n = parts[1]`
feat(learn): add python video challenges (#38424) 2020-04-06 14:49:56 -04:00			```

Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`## --answers--`

			`mail`

			`---`

			`q`

			`---`

			`lar`

			`---`

			`lar@freecodecamp.org`

			`## --video-solution--`

			`4`