simple problem with lists I am just forgetting


Lets say we have this list:

funlist = ['a', 'b', 'c']

and lets say I do this:

if funlist[4]:
print funlist[4]

I will get the exception "list index out of range"

How can I test if the list item is empty without getting that exception?
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