How can I print a list "nicely" and numbered? [duplicate]

Question

I need to print a list in Python nicely and numbered. For example, if this is my list:

list = ["hello", "dad", "milk"]

this is the output I want:

[1] -hello
[2] -dad
[3] -milk

This is what I have tried:

list = ["hello", "dad", "milk"]
list_element = 0
stuff = len(list)
while stuff != list_element:
            element = list[list_element]
            print(f"[{list_element}] -{element}")
            list_element = list_element + 1

and this is the output I get:

[0] -hello
[1] -dad
[2] -milk

but I don't know how to make it start from 1 (I know in programming you start with 0, but I want to start with 1!)

edit: I forgot to mention this was homework and we didn't learn about the for loop yet so my teacher said I shouldn't use it as to not confuse my classmates lol

Answer 1

You can simply to it using enumerate in Python, as follows:

list = ["hello", "dad", "milk"]

for i, element in enumerate(list, 1): # to start with index 1, instead of 0
    print(f"[{i}] -{element}")

Result:

[1] -hello
[2] -dad
[3] -milk

You can get more informatoin and example about enumerate here: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/methods/built-in/enumerate

In additon, one tip is that it is not good to use pre-defined keyword as a variable name such as list.

Answer 2

You could also use enumerate.

myList = ["hello", "dad", "milk"]
for count, element in enumerate(myList):
    print(f"[{count+1}] -{element}")