Indexing into a List using a variable

[pwintert]

I have a rather lengthy list I have created in P.A.D. That is a few hundred lines long of text.   There is some information on every 4th line I want to pull out and create a new list for.    I created a simple loop in which I increment an index counter called "Position" by 4 and create a new item for my new list.

My Code inside Add item to list is as follows:

%MyList[Position]% 

My problem is that it is adding every fourth character of the first element in MyList.  When I need it to grab every 4th element of the list.  Its accessing the characters of MyList as if it were a String instead of the elements inside the List.  I'm sure its just a syntax error on my part but I read through a few forums but couldnt find my answer. Hopefully someone on here can lend me a hand.    

[ryule]

That sure seems like it would work based on what I know about lists.....could you share a screenshot of what your config looks like?

[pwintert · Accepted solution]

I went in and changed some of my code.  It is working now.  The short version is that I inadvertently converted my List to a string while trying to replace some characters in my List. It was my first time using a variable in POD to reference my List so I assumed that my mistake was there. Turns out that when I replaced characters in my list it was converting the list back into a string and not back in a List like I thought.  Discovered my mistake by verifying my length of my List.  

[VJR]

Great you found the issue and got it working. You can close the thread now.