Automatic access to index counter inside Python loop over iterator

Question

I need to loop over an iterable and also have access to an index counter inside that loop:

i = 0
for item in items:
  # ...
  i += 1

Is there more consices Python syntax for doing that, perhaps one that both progresses the iterator and increases the index counter in the same for statement?

hiro protagonist · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-09 09:21:45Z

2

python has an enumerate function:

items = 'abcdef'

for i, item in enumerate(items):
    print(i, item)

which prints:

0 a
1 b
2 c
3 d
4 e
5 f

answered Jan 9, 2018 at 9:21

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