how to get the ordinal number in list

[Rustom Mody]

On Saturday, August 9, 2014 7:53:22 AM UTC+5:30, luofeiyu wrote:
> >>> x=["x1","x3","x7","x5"]
>  >>> y="x3"

>   how can i get the ordinal number by some codes?

> for id ,value in enumerate(x):
>      if y==value : print(id)

> Is more simple way to do that?

I feel a bit discourteous going on a tangent and ignoring the OP...

To the OP:

The problem with your code is not that its not simple
but that it uses a print statement

To expunge the print statement you must pay a small price:
Wrap it in a function:

def search(x,y):	
  for id ,value in enumerate(x):
      if y==value : print(id)

>>> search(["x1","x2","x3"], "x2")
1

>>> # Change print to return
>>> def search(x,y):    
...    for id ,value in enumerate(x):
...        if y==value : return id
... 
>>> search(["x1","x2","x3"], "x2")
1
>>> # Works the same (SEEMINGLY)

... # Now change the return to an yield
... 
>>> def search(x,y):    
...    for id ,value in enumerate(x):
...        if y==value : yield id
... 
>>> search(["x1","x2","x3", "x2", "x5", "x2"], "x2")
<generator object search at 0x7f4e20798280>
>>> # Hmm wazzat?!
... list(search(["x1","x2","x3", "x2", "x5", "x2"], "x2"))
[1, 3, 5]