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

For those coming from another language like me, maybe with a simple loop it's easier to understand and use it:

mylist = ["foo", "bar", "baz", "bar"]
newlist = enumerate(mylist)
for index, item in newlist:
  if item == "bar":
    print(index, item)

I am thankful for So what exactly does enumerate do?. That helped me to understand.