[Python-Dev] List insert at index that is well out of range - behaves like append

I had a list a = [1, 2, 3] when I did a.insert(100, 100) [1, 2, 3, 100] as list was originally of size 4 and I was trying to insert value at index 100 , it behaved like append instead of throwing any errors as I was trying to insert in an index that did not even existed . Should it not thro

Re: [Python-Dev] List insert at index that is well out of range - behaves like append

Hi , Sorry for that mistake . Now I have posted it in python-list mailing list . Thanks for your guidance. Harish On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Tal Einat wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 6:18 AM, Harish Tech > wrote: > > I had a list > > > > a = [1,