RunTimeError w/ for row in cursor

Question

Every time I execute this, I get a runtime error pointing to my "for row in cursor," stating that A column was specified that does not exist. Any ideas how to fix this?

import arcpy
import os

gdb = r'C:\Users\Stephanie\Documents\SPRING20\PGIS\project1\usa_cities.gdb'
feature_class = "largest_cities"

fc = os.path.join(gdb, feature_class)
print(fc)

fields = ['NAME', 'POP2017']

with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, fields) as cursor:
    for row in cursor:
        if row[2] != None:
            print("City: " + str(row[2]) + " Population: " + str(row[9]))

Answer 1

I think you are trying to access fields that you don't specify, in this case you can access only row[0 for NAME field, and row[1] for POP2017 field. You are using index greatest that 1, that is a mistake. If you want to retrieve all fields use * instead,

with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, '*') as cursor:

BTW, , for performance and order it is recommended to specify the fields.