list index out of range

This error occurs when you try to access an element of a list using an index that is outside the range of the list.

For example, if you have a list with 5 elements, the valid indices would be 0 to 4. If you try to access the element at index 5 or any higher index, you will get a "list index out of range" error.

Here is an example code that would result in this error:

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
print(my_list[5])

In this case, the code is trying to access the element at index 5, which is outside the range of the list. The correct statement would be `print(my_list[4])` to access the last element of the list.