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# All elements in a sequence are numbered-from zero and upwards. 

# A string is just a sequence of characters. 
# The index 0 refers to the first element, in this case the letter H. 

greeting = 'Hello'
print greeting[0]








7.12.Index
7.12.1.Indexing
7.12.2.Negative List Indices
7.12.3.Accessing a List
7.12.4.Specific items
7.12.5.use negative indices to access the list from the end rather than from the beginning.
7.12.6.When you use a negative index, Python counts from the right
7.12.7.If a function call returns a sequence, you can index it directly
7.12.8.The index method is used for searching lists to find the index of the first occurrence of a value
7.12.9.Parallel Iteration
7.12.10.Modifying a list
7.12.11.Accessing items in sublists