full$\_$lst $=["$ab$",$ 'cde', $\text{'}$fgh$\text{'},\text{'}$i$\text{'},\text{'}$jkml$\text{'},$ 'nop', $\text{'}$qr$\text{'},\text{'}$s$\text{'},\text{'}$tv$\text{'},\text{'}$wxy$\text{'},\text{'}$z$\text{'}]$ attempt $=[]$ for elem in full$\_$lst: try: attempt.append$($elem$[1])$ # Attempt to append the second character except IndexError: # Handle the case where the string does not have a second character attempt.append$("$String does not have a second character"$)$ print$($attempt$)$