[Tutor] How to easily recover the current index when using Python-style for loops?

[Alan Gauld]

On 05/02/15 17:30, boB Stepp wrote:
> Python 2.4.4, Solaris 10.
>
> a_list = [item1, item2, item3]
> for item in a_list:
>      print 'Item number', ???, 'is:', item
>
> Is there an easy, clever, Pythonic way (other than setting up a
> counter) to replace ??? with the current index of item in a_list?
>

try:

 >>> help( enumerate() )

It returns the index and item and you can specify the
starting index if you don't like zero.

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