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I have a list of expressions 

listOfStuff = {-(b^(3/2)/Sqrt[7 \[Pi]]), b^(3/2)/Sqrt[7 \[Pi]]}

When I try to access the first element of this list like so

First[listOfStuff]

This yields 

-(b^(3/2)/Sqrt[7 \[Pi]])

If I try to access it either of the following two ways

listOfStuff[[0]]
Part[listOfStuff, 0]

I get 

List

The notebook literally just prints "List". I'm new to Mathematica but not new to programming languages in general. I really don't understand what is going on here. Any help understanding this would be appreciated.

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  • $\begingroup$ listOfStuff[[1]] is the First element. $\endgroup$
    – corey979
    Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 19:58
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    $\begingroup$ see Head >> Properties and Relations $\endgroup$
    – kglr
    Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 20:04
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    $\begingroup$ Oh I'm dumb. Forgot arrays start at one. Thanks. $\endgroup$
    – derangedhk417
    Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 20:09
  • $\begingroup$ List indexing in Mathematica starts from 1. However, the index zero contains the Head which is List in this case. $\endgroup$
    – Sâu
    Commented Nov 19, 2019 at 14:40

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