myinput=myscreen.getstr() #reads in string from keyboard: "b r h9 1 1"
entree = inner.split()  #splits string by words
if entree[0]=='b':      #this works
       build(entree[1], entree[2], int(entree[3]), int(entree[4])) #***problem here with entree[2]  it is not properly passing the list name h9?
        #this is suppose to be the equivalent of the following line
build('r',h9,1,1) #this works
        #build uses the 2d list h9    i.e. print h9[0][1] 


Error:    IndexError: string index out of range