Here's another simple method: l = ['j', 'a', 'm', 'e', 's'] counter = 0
for i in l: # Do your code counter += 1 print counter Yrs, Eric > l = ['j', 'a', 'm', 'e', 's'] > > for i in l > # i want to know the nth number of times it has loop thru or > something like counter? > > Thanks > james > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list