# Why does all the info enter only the first on the list

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** list\
**Created:** [May 12, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-does-all-the-info-enter-only-the-first-on-the-list/2415927 "2023-05-12T18:49:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![peterjamesleniq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@peterjamesleniq](https://community.thunkable.com/u/peterjamesleniq)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-does-all-the-info-enter-only-the-first-on-the-list/2415927/1 "2023-05-12T18:49:20Z")

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![thunk](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/8/486e501082eec116d32d52a4ebb830978635f920.png)  
I obviously don’t understand something about lists.

In my mind, I think the first item in the list should be ‘a’, the 2nd ‘b’ etc.  
Therefore #1 should be ‘a’, #2 ‘b’, #3 ‘c’ etc

But Label1 has a,b,c,d,e,f in it, meaning #1 has #1, #2, #3 etc from the list.  
and label 2 is undefined, as are all the other labels.

In my mind, Label 1 should be ‘a’  
Label 2 should be ‘b’ etc.

So what am I doing wrong. thanks.

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-does-all-the-info-enter-only-the-first-on-the-list/2415927/2 "2023-05-12T21:14:32Z")

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The problem – and it’s a common one! – is that you included the [gear list] block in front of your variables that are _already lists_. So in effect, you created a list of a list. Where you wanted {“a”,“b”,“c”} you actually created {{“a”,“b”,“c”}} which just throws everything off.

I seriously wish the [gear list] block had some warning message that showed up when you tried to drag it onto the screen. It’s almost never needed! The exception is if you are initializing or setting a list’s contents. Otherwise, no need to use it… the variable you have is already formatted as a list.

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**Author:** ![peterjamesleniq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@peterjamesleniq](https://community.thunkable.com/u/peterjamesleniq)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-does-all-the-info-enter-only-the-first-on-the-list/2415927/3 "2023-05-12T23:48:47Z")

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Hi Tatiang,  
Thanks for that.  
I can now visualise the list of lists.

So the solution is.  
 ![thunk](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/6/f/6ffd193bdc7c73d87cb62673a3210c1122230565.png)

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-does-all-the-info-enter-only-the-first-on-the-list/2415927/4 "2023-05-13T00:44:59Z")

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You’re welcome. You’d typically use the `insert at last` block unless you need to insert it into a specific place such as the 4th item of a list of eight items. See this: [Lists - Thunkable Docs](https://docs.thunkable.com/lists#insert-at-set)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-does-all-the-info-enter-only-the-first-on-the-list/2415927/5 "2023-08-11T00:45:17Z")

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