# Order of citations and images

**URL:** <https://community.perplexity.ai/t/order-of-citations-and-images/132>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/order-of-citations-and-images/132 "2025-05-15T00:27:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/order-of-citations-and-images/132/1 "2025-05-15T00:27:56Z")

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Scattered through a response might be [1], [2], [3]…

Citations are listed separate.

Can I assume that [1] == citations[0], [2] == citations[1], etc.?

Also, what do the images correspond to? Are they random?

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**Author:** ![jamesliounis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.perplexity.ai/jamesliounis/32/897_2.png) [@jamesliounis](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/jamesliounis)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/order-of-citations-and-images/132/2 "2025-05-16T23:07:39Z")

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Your assumption is correct, but no images are not random.