lists....order...

[Daniel Klein]

On 10 Oct 2002 01:58:44 +0200, gabor <gabor at realtime.sk> wrote:

>hi,
>
>1.
>a = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
>for item in a:
>	print a
>
>will print 1 2 3 4 5 6?
>in other words, is it guarantied that for a list the elements will be
>enumerated in their order? 
>
>2. many times i use this construct:
>a = ["a","b","c","d"]
>for letter in a:
>	dosomething..
>	but now i really need the position of the letter in that list
>	so i need an x, for which a[x] = letter...
>

There's always the old-fashion way...

position = 0
for letter in a:
	print letter, position
	position += 1

Dan.