enumerate()

The enumerate() function returns a list of tuples containing an index and an element for each of the elements in an iterator.

Syntax

enumerate(iterable)

The iterable parameter can be one of the following:

• A string
• A list,tuple,dictionary, or set.
• An iterable object such as one returned by the iter() function.

Example

The example below demonstrates how the enumerate() function is used on a list:

companies_list = ["Google","Microsoft","Amazon"]
for index,company in enumerate(companies_list):
  print(f"{index}. {company}")

This will print the following output:

0. Google
1. Microsoft
2. Amazon

Codebyte Example

The following examples show how the enumerate() function is used with several iterable types:

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