I would like to iterate through a list and reference the iteration number that I'm on. I can do it with a simple counter, but is there a built in function for this?
List= list(range(0,6))
count = 0
for item in List:
print "This is interation ", str(count)
count += 1
Its what that enumerate is for !
Return an enumerate object. sequence must be a sequence, an iterator, or >some other object which supports iteration.
>>> seasons = ['Spring', 'Summer', 'Fall', 'Winter']
>>> list(enumerate(seasons))
[(0, 'Spring'), (1, 'Summer'), (2, 'Fall'), (3, 'Winter')]
And in iteration you can do :
for index,element in enumerate(seasons):
#do stuff
