Finding the index of an item in a list

Question

Given a list [\"foo\", \"bar\", \"baz\"] and an item in the list \"bar\", how do I get its index (1) in Python?

Answer 1

Another option

>>> a = ['red', 'blue', 'green', 'red']
>>> b = 'red'
>>> offset = 0;
>>> indices = list()
>>> for i in range(a.count(b)):
...     indices.append(a.index(b,offset))
...     offset = indices[-1]+1
... 
>>> indices
[0, 3]
>>>