Add reference to enumerate() to indices example.

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Georg Brandl 2008-12-04 18:54:05 +00:00
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@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ increment (even negative; sometimes this is called the 'step')::
>>> range(-10, -100, -30)
[-10, -40, -70]
To iterate over the indices of a sequence, combine :func:`range` and :func:`len`
as follows::
To iterate over the indices of a sequence, you can combine :func:`range` and
:func:`len` as follows::
>>> a = ['Mary', 'had', 'a', 'little', 'lamb']
>>> for i in range(len(a)):
@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ as follows::
3 little
4 lamb
In most such cases, however, it is convenient to use the :func:`enumerate`
function, see :ref:`tut-loopidioms`.
.. _tut-break: