Why does this python for loop increments my list?

why does this for loop increments the integers on my list? I really don’t understand, I’m new to python.

Thank you.

testlist = [1,4,2,4,3,4,4,4,4,5]

for x in testlist:
    print(testlist[x])

Output:
4
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
4

Expected:
1
4
2
4
3
4
4
4
4
5

>Solution :

you’ll want to change that to

testlist = [1,4,2,4,3,4,4,4,4,5]

for x in testlist:
print(x)

this is because x is being made equal to testlist[loopcounter] so its thinking when loopcounter = 1 it should read the value at testlist[1] which is 4 and then print the value of testlist[4]

apologies for any formatting issues