Posts Tagged ‘Index’

How to find the position of an item in a list in Python?

The index() method provides the position of a value within a list. list = ["red","green","blue"]   assert list.index("red") == 0 assert list.index("blue") == 2 Note that if the list does not contain the value specified then a ValueError exception will be thrown. For example: list = ["red","green","blue"]   try: pos = list.index("purple") == 0 except [...]

How to iterate through a list using an index in Python?

Iterating through a list in Python is simple using a for in loop. colours = ["red","green","blue"]   for colour in colours: print colour To iterate through the same list using an index we can apply the enumerate() function. colours = ["red","green","blue"]   for i, colour in enumerate(colours): print i, colour