Count indexes using “for” in Python

Question

I need to do in Python the same as:

for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {cout << i;} 

but I don\'t know how to use FOR in Python to get the index

Answer 1

If you have an existing list and you want to loop over it and keep track of the indices you can use the enumerate function. For example

l = ["apple", "pear", "banana"]
for i, fruit in enumerate(l):
   print "index", i, "is", fruit