Python unsubscriptable

Question

What does unsubscriptable mean in the context of a TypeError as in:

TypeError: \'int\' object is unsubscriptable

EDIT: Short c

Answer 1

You are trying to lookup an array subscript of an int:

>>> 1[0]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
TypeError: 'int' object is unsubscriptable

That is, square brackets [] are the subscript operator. If you try to apply the subscript operator to an object that does not support it (such as not implementing __getitem__()).