reply = input( "Enter a string: ")
reply_2 = input ( "Enter list of indices: ")

s = reply
numbers_as_strings = reply_2.split() #list of numbers of type string

numbers = [] #empty list

for nbr in numbers_as_strings: #go through each number as a string
    nbr = int( nbr ) #change string number into an integer
    numbers.append( nbr ) #put/append the integer into new list numbers; updates the list
    #numbers = numbers.append( nbr )
    #does this work???? NO!!!!

    #print returns a value
    #input returns a string
    #append returns none

new_string = '' #empty string

for number in numbers: #go through each integer in list of integers
    character = s[number] #character at this index in string
    print("Character: ", character)
    new_string = new_string + character #update new string
    print("New String: ", new_string)

print( new_string )