Python Enumerate

The enumerate() method adds counter to an iterable and returns it (the enumerate object).

The syntax of enumerate() is:

enumerate(iterable, start=0)

enumerate() Parameters

enumerate() method takes two parameters:

• iterable – a sequence, an iterator, or objects that supports iteration
• start (optional) – enumerate() starts counting from this number. If start is omitted, 0 is taken as start.

Return Value from enumerate()

enumerate() method adds counter to an iterable and returns it. The returned object is an enumerated object.

We can convert enumerate objects to list and tuple using list() and tuple() method respectively.

Example 1:

Output

<class ‘enumerate’>

[(0, ‘bread’), (1, ‘milk’), (2, ‘butter’)]

[(10, ‘bread’), (11, ‘milk’), (12, ‘butter’)]

Example 2: 

Output

(0, ‘bread’)

(1, ‘milk’)

(2, ‘butter’)

0 bread

1 milk

2 butter

100 bread

101 milk

102 butter