How to fix "int object is not subscriptable" in Python in the following code?

Question

Each word needs to be on a different line in a given statement and am not able to print the last word.

# [ ] Print each word in the quote on a new line  
quote = "they stumble who run fast"
start = 0
space_index = quote.find(" ")
while space_index != -1:
    print(quote[start:space_index])
    start = space_index+1
    space_index = quote.find(" ",start)
    if space_index == -1:
        print(space_index[start:])

Expected output:
they
stumble
who
run
fast

I am not able to print the last word: "fast"

The error: `print(space_index[start:])`. Sure you know that `space_index` is a number. — 9000, Jun 03 '19 at 16:05
You people are so quick. I just found it myself, yet within minutes I received four answers. — Coder_G, Jun 03 '19 at 16:11
`print(*quote.split(), sep='\n')` does this for you, unless you are trying to make your own version for practice. — N Chauhan, Jun 03 '19 at 16:12
@Coder_G - That would suggest you didn't research your own issue much before posting — Sayse, Jun 03 '19 at 16:19
Possible duplicate of [what does 'int' object is not subscriptable mean?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33647685/what-does-int-object-is-not-subscriptable-mean) — Sayse, Jun 03 '19 at 16:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 03 '19 at 16:05

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I think you meant print(quote[start:]). And there are much simpler ways to do this.

answered Jun 03 '19 at 16:05

Scott Hunter

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '19 at 16:07

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Change your last code as below. Most probably it is a typo error.

if space_index == -1: 
    print(space_index[start:])

to:

if space_index == -1: 
    print(quote[start:])

answered Jun 03 '19 at 16:07

jose_bacoy

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 03 '19 at 16:08

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The mistake is space_index is an int and you intended to do print(quote[start:]) instead.

Alternatively, you might like to do the following

quote = "they stumble who run fast"
quote = quote.split()
for i in quote:
    print(i)

answered Jun 03 '19 at 16:08

Siong Thye Goh

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 03 '19 at 16:08

space_index is an integer so you cannot do:

print(space_index[start:])

This is because for the same reason you cannot do, for example, 2[3:].

You need to use:

print(quote[start:])

A better approach for this problem is just:

quote = "they stumble who run fast"
print(*quote.split(), sep='\n')

which prints:

they
stumble
who
run
fast

How to fix "int object is not subscriptable" in Python in the following code?

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