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Looping with Index using enumerate()
When you need both the position (index) and the value of items in a list during a loop, enumerate() is the most efficient and readable way to do it.
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items = ['apple', 'banana']for index, val in enumerate(items):print(index, val)
Breakdown
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items = ['apple', 'banana']
Define a list containing two string elements.
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for index, val in enumerate(items):
Loop through the list, assigning the count to 'index' and the item to 'val'.
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print(index, val)
Print both the current index and the item value together.