# Finding the value of a number in the nth position in a list

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**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/finding-the-value-of-a-number-in-the-nth-position-in-a-list/4567 "2022-11-16T03:01:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![samarium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@samarium](https://cl.desmos.com/u/samarium)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/finding-the-value-of-a-number-in-the-nth-position-in-a-list/4567/1 "2022-11-16T03:01:29Z")

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If I had a list of [1,2,9,3], is there an equation which lets me plug in a number, lets say  
‘4’ and get the 4th value in the list?

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**Author:** ![SteinSchreiber](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/steinschreiber/32/2267_2.png) [@SteinSchreiber](https://cl.desmos.com/u/SteinSchreiber)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/finding-the-value-of-a-number-in-the-nth-position-in-a-list/4567/2 "2022-11-16T16:22:46Z")

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You can do it in a graph component in the following method:

 ![Screen Shot 2022-11-16 at 10.22.05 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/desmos/original/2X/d/d046b6f0f06d1edf27605cfe5d9788026352425c.png)