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Array access throwing TypeError — Python debugging challenge | BugHunt

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Array access throwing TypeError

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What it should do

middle_item(items) should return the middle element, so middle_item([1, 2, 3]) returns 2.

What goes wrong

middle_item([1, 2, 3]) raises TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not float.

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This is a type errors bug

Totals that concatenate, sorts that put 10 before 9, comparisons that refuse to run.

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