How can i simplify this code

[Jezani_VIII]

shoplist = [" blueberries", " rasberries"," apples", " soda", " diet coke", " coffee beans"]
indicator = int(input(" Which of the shopping list do you want to know?"))

if indicator == 0:
	print(" blueberries")
elif indicator == 1:
	print(" rasberries")
elif indicator == 2:
	print(" apples")
elif indicator == 3:
	print(" soda")
elif indicator == 4:
	print(" diet coke")
elif indicator == 5:
	print(" coffee beans")
elif indicator >= 5:
	print(" you are out of range")

# If the list is longer it will be time consuming to write all of this elif statements is there a ways to make the outcome automatic.

[ndc85430]

Why don't you use the value you read as an index into the list? That's how lists work, after all...

[Jezani_VIII]

# you can make the process automatic by just doing the following
print(shoplist[indicator])
# this will make the process automatic

[ndc85430]

Obviously you still need to take care of the case where the index is out of range.

[perfringo]

It there is existing shoplist then one could do:

>>> shoplist = [" blueberries", " rasberries"," apples", " soda", " diet coke", " coffee beans"]
>>> item_indexes = dict(enumerate(shoplist, start=1))
>>> item_indexes
{1: ' blueberries', 2: ' rasberries', 3: ' apples', 4: ' soda', 5: ' diet coke', 6: ' coffee beans'}
# ask for input, convert into integer, assign name index
>>> if index in item_indexes:
...     print(item_indexes[index])
... else:
...     print('No item with such index')