# Unit 5 Lesson 12 Traversals Make - Question about initializing lists with dataset
**URL:** https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-lesson-12-traversals-make-question-about-initializing-lists-with-dataset/34265
**Category:** Coding and Debugging Help
**Tags:** csp-unit-5
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-lesson-12-traversals-make-question-about-initializing-lists-with-dataset/34265 "2021-02-19T14:31:59Z")
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### Author:  [@mbrunner](https://forum.code.org/u/mbrunner)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-lesson-12-traversals-make-question-about-initializing-lists-with-dataset/34265/1 "2021-02-19T14:31:59Z")
Here is the code I am asking about: [Code.org - App Lab](https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/vl8kMjj7kjs3jifKj80wTBrPB6aJ_rkxnIXgEO1BgVI)
I am wondering why the console.log statement prints 1 when I am trying to see how many items are in the lists that I declared and initialized using the getColumn command.
I thought that when the program was run, the lists would be automatically populated with all the elements in the data table column.
Where is my logic wrong?
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### Author:  [@jdonwells](https://forum.code.org/u/jdonwells)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-lesson-12-traversals-make-question-about-initializing-lists-with-dataset/34265/2 "2021-02-19T21:27:57Z")
You have [] around `getColumn`.
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### Author:  [@mbrunner](https://forum.code.org/u/mbrunner)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-lesson-12-traversals-make-question-about-initializing-lists-with-dataset/34265/3 "2021-02-20T14:26:13Z")
Thank you so much. So nice to have help with debugging syntax.