[Tutor] changing list index start

[Luke Paireepinart]

Yeah, just add 1 to it.  When printing just do index+1 and when inputting the user's choice, subtract 1 and use it as the array index.

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On Sep 10, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Rance Hall <ranceh at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm using the following function style I found on the net to create
> menus for a command line python script:
> 
> def mainmenu():
>    # the main menu
>    todolist()
>    mainmenuoptions = ['Clients','Jobs','Billing','Quotes','To Do
> Items','Employee','Exit']
>    mainmenucalls = [clientsmenu, jobsmenu, billingmenu, quotesmenu,
> todomenu, empmenu, quit]
>    for i,option in enumerate(mainmenuoptions):
>        print('%s. %s' % (i, option))
>    mainchoice = int(input('\nYour Choice? '))
>    clearscreen(osname)
>    mainmenucalls[mainchoice]()
>    return
> 
> It works well, but the first item is the list is item 0.  This is
> normal in most computing situations, but because this index is part of
> the output It would be nice if the first item in the list is item 1.
> 
> php provided a way to change this, but I can find no documentation
> that says python can do this as well.
> 
> I'm sure that python can do this, but I'm unable to find a definitive
> answer with google.
> 
> Would someone please enlighten me?
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