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Python Python Sequences Sequence Iteration Iterating With For Loops

Posted by Aizah Sadiq
Aizah Sadiq
2,434 Points

I don't know where I am going wrong

This is for challenge task part 2 and it's saying that index is not defined

iterating_lists.py 
rainbow = ['red', 'orange', 'yellow', 'green', 'blue', 'indigo', 'violet']
for colours in enumerate(rainbow, 1):
    print(f'{index}. {colours}')
    print(colours)
Moaz Mansour
Moaz Mansour
4,594 Points
Moaz Mansour
Moaz Mansour
4,594 Points

Hi Falah,

The code is failing because the variable index has not been assigned before called in 

print(f'{index}. {colours}')

try changing your for statement to include the index variable like this

for index, colours in enumerate(rainbow, 1):

This should work

1 Answer

Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey
13,190 Points
Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey
13,190 Points

You need to update your for loop when using the enumerate method - you have a counter as well as a value to include.

This is a link that should help explain it better than I can!

I've put my code below to help out!

rainbow = ['red', 'orange', 'yellow', 'green', 'blue', 'indigo', 'violet']

for counter, color in enumerate(rainbow):
    print(f"{counter}")
    print(f"{color}")