The first element in the array corresponds to array index 0, not 1
# and the second element is at index 1, the third at index 2, and so on. array = [1, 2, 3] array[0] = 4 #assigns 4 to array[0] array[1] = 5 #assigns 5 to array[1] array[2] = 6 #assigns 6 to array[2] puts array[2] #prints 6