TypeError list object is not callable while trying to access a list

Question

I am trying to run this code where I have a list of lists  I need to add to inner lists  but I get the error   TypeError   list  object is not callable    Can anyone tell me what am I doing wrong here   def createlists        global maxchar     global minchar     global worddict     global wordlists      for i in range minchar  maxchar   1           wordlists insert i  list         add data to list now     for words in worddict keys            print words         print  wordlists len words      lt --- Error here           wordlists len words    append words      lt -- Error here too         print  adding word     words     at     str wordlists len words        print wordlists 5

User · Accepted Answer

For accessing the elements of a list you need to use the square brackets ([]) and not the parenthesis (()).

Instead of:

print  wordlists(len(words))

you need to use:

print worldlists[len(words)]

And instead of:

(wordlists(len(words))).append(words)

you need to use:

worldlists[len(words)].append(words)

User · Answer

I also got the error when I called a function that had the same name as another variable that was classified as a list   Once I sorted out the naming the error was resolved

User · Answer

To get elements of a list you have to use list i  instead of list i

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Even I got the same error  but I solved it  I had used many list in my work so I just restarted my kernel  meaning if you are using a notebook such as Jupyter or Google Colab you can just restart and again run all the cells  by doing this your problem will be solved and the error vanishes   Thank you

User · Answer

wordlists is not a function  it is a list   You need the bracket subscript  print  wordlists len words

User · Answer

del list   above command worked for me

User · Answer

You are attempting to call wordlists here   print  wordlists len words    lt --- Error here    Try   print wordlists len words

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Check your file name in which you have saved your program  If the file name is wordlists then you will get an error  Your filename should not be same as any of methods functions  that you use in your program

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Try wordlists len words       is a function call  When you do wordlists      python thinks that you are calling a function called wordlists which turns out to be a list  Hence the error

[python] TypeError: 'list' object is not callable while trying to access a list

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