enumerate

Return a list of tuple(index, item) pairs for any iterable value.

Syntax

enumerate(iterable, start=0)

Parameters

NameDescription
iterableString | list | tuple | dict
Value to enumerate. Dictionaries enumerate keys.
Required · Positional or named
No default
startInt
First index value.
Optional · Positional or named
Default: 0

Returns

list[tuple] — list of two-item tuples: index first, original item second.

Example

# Number items before using them
names = ["alpha", "beta"]
for pair in enumerate(names, start=1):
    text(str(pair[0]) + ": " + pair[1])