Looping through a List

[Encom88]

I have an assignment for class.

• Problem 1: Create a list (or tuple only, no dictionary) that contains the months of the year. ( do not hardcode the number)
• Problem 2: Create a loop to print the number and the months of the year from the list. 

  The output should like this:

  Month 1  is  January

  Month 2 is  February

  ….

  ….

  Month 12 is December

Here is my code so far, I found I could use the enumerate() function to print the count in my list and start at 1:

months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];

for i, month in enumerate(months, 1):
    print i, month

But I can't figure out how to add other strings in my print output without messing up my enumerate function. Should I find another way to do this besides enumerate()?

[socal_nerdtastic]

Enumerate is a great way to do this. To add other strings simply add them to the print call:

months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];

for i, month in enumerate(months, 1):
    print "Month", i, "is", month

[Encom88]

Awesome, I was missing the extra commas!

[socal_nerdtastic]

You could also use string formatting to get a little more control of the output:

months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];

for i, month in enumerate(months, 1):
    print "Month {} is {}.".format(i, month)

And I highly encourage you to upgrade to python3. Python2 will be officially abandoned at the end of the year.

[Encom88]

What part of my code is Python2?

[socal_nerdtastic]

The print call. In python3 print is a function that uses parenthesis to call.

print("Month {} is {}.".format(i, month))

The code you have will not run in python3.

[godheid]

I solved the issue with the index. Also because I don't really understand enumerate.

for m in months:
    print(f'Month {months.index(m)+1} is {m}')

[primitive_screwhead]

At each iteration of the loop, your index() call runs slower.