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enumerate

builtins

function
  • enumerate(iterable, start=0)
Return an enumerate object.

  iterable
    an object supporting iteration

The enumerate object yields pairs containing a count (from start, which
defaults to zero) and a value yielded by the iterable argument.

enumerate is useful for obtaining an indexed list:
    (0, seq[0]), (1, seq[1]), (2, seq[2]), ...
1 Example
>>> seasons = ['Spring', 'Summer', 'Fall', 'Winter']
>>> list(enumerate(seasons))
[(0, 'Spring'), (1, 'Summer'), (2, 'Fall'), (3, 'Winter')]
>>> list(enumerate(seasons, start=1))
[(1, 'Spring'), (2, 'Summer'), (3, 'Fall'), (4, 'Winter')]
from the Python docs
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