Lists and Indices

[Lindstrom Greg - glinds]

Hi,

I would like to write out the (not necessarily unique) contents of a list
with corresponding index numbers. Suppose I have

colors = ['red', 'green', 'blue', 'red']

and I want to see

1.  red
2.  green
3.  blue
4.  red

I currently use

index=1
for color in colors:
    print '%d.  %s' % (index, color)
    index += 1

but that does not seem pretty to me; I don't like the "extra" lines for the
index variable.   I could do

for index in range(len(colors)):
	print '%d.  %s' % ( index, colors[index])

but I don't like that..it's not easily readable, IMHO.

If the entries were unique, I believe this would be easy, but how can I do
it with non-unique entries?

Thanks

Greg Lindstrom
Acxiom Corporation,                    mail: CWY10011149
InfoBase Products Development                  office: (501) 342-1626
301 Industrial Blvd, Conway, AR, 72032     fax:     (501) 336-3911 
email: Greg.Lindstrom at acxiom.com           

We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals. -- Quarry
Worker's Creed



********************************************************************

The information contained in this communication is
confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient
named above, and may be legally privileged.
If the reader of this message is not the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, 
distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly
prohibited.
If you have received this communication in error,
please re-send this communication to the sender and
delete the original message or any copy of it from your
computer system. Thank You.