You won't only read data, you'll build it. Start with an empty list and append records as they arrive. This is exactly what a signup form, a survey, or an inventory system does under the hood.
EXAMPLE
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YOUR TURN
Your turn → Register two more plots with real crops. Then print the total square footage by adding the two size fields together.
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Syntax has to be exact. Every quote, bracket and parenthesis needs its partner, and in Python the spaces at the start of a line count. One slip and the program won't run; the message will say where.
✦ Where this goes next
Right now you reach into records by hand: books[0], books[1], books[2]. In Module 12 a single for-loop walks all of them, however many there are. Then in Module 15 you'll wrap that logic in a named function you can reuse anywhere. Everything you're building here is the foundation for that.
◈ Graded Challenge
Using the books dataset provided, create oldest_title holding the title of the earliest book, and modern_count holding how many were published after 1800. Reach into the data rather than reading it yourself.
Name it exactly: oldest_title, modern_count
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