On 9 Mar 2006 16:32:24 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I write a lot of code that looks like this:
>
> for myElement, elementIndex in zip( elementList,
> range(len(elementList))):
> print "myElement ", myElement, " at index:
> ",elementIndex
>
> My question is, is there a better, cleaner, or easier way
> to get at the element in a list AND the index of a loop
> than this?
In fact it is so common a need, there is a built-in
function called "enumerate" that does the 'zip' for
you:
for elementIndex, myElement in enumerate(elementList):
print "myElement ", myElement, " at index: ",elementIndex
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Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com
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