On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Alan Gauld <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Thanks, Alan! In this instance I am happy with zero, but the link Zach provided says that changing the starting index wasn't implemented until Python 2.6. -- boB _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
