a = ["football", "baseball", "hockey", "swimming"] for (index,item) in enumerate(a): print (index,item) (0, 'football') (1, 'baseball') (2, 'hockey') (3, 'swimming') z = enumerate(a) print z for (c,d) in z: print c,d 0 football 1 baseball 2 hockey 3 swimming for (index,item) in z: print index,item # note nothing printed for w in enumerate(a): print w (0, 'football') (1, 'baseball') (2, 'hockey') (3, 'swimming') for w in enumerate(a): print w[0] 0 1 2 3