# \[] (access)

### Description

To access a specified element of a list by position use `A_LIST[Index]`. `Index` is the position of the element you want to access starting at 0, so the first element has index 0, the second index 1 and so on.

### Examples

```
["First", "Second", "Third"][0]
```

This creates a simple list of three elements and returns the first one.

```
p is Person
p.nationalities[0]
```

This returns the first nationality a person has. 

{% hint style="info" %}
If the person has no nationalities this rule will fail. So if you don't know if a person will have nationalities at all add checks. E.g. check if the list is long enough:

`if count(p.nationalities) > 0 then` \
  `p.nationalities[0]`\
`else`\
  `'No nationality'`\
`end`
{% endhint %}