How do I access the index while iterating over a sequence with a for
loop?
xs = [8, 23, 45] for x in xs: print("item #{} = {}".format(index, x))
Desired output:
item #1 = 8 item #2 = 23 item #3 = 45
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Answer
Use the built-in function enumerate()
:
for idx, x in enumerate(xs): print(idx, x)
It is non-pythonic to manually index via for i in range(len(xs)): x = xs[i]
or manually manage an additional state variable.
Check out PEP 279 for more.