<snip> > this will get index and item at index, > > for i in range(0, len(l)): > print i > print l[i] > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > Enumerate is better here -- it provides the same result and that's what it's for. However, if you do use range, the zero is unnecessary -- beginning at zero is the default.