Python-check what position it is in a list [duplicate]

Question

list1 = ['physics', 'chemistry', "dog", "cat","dog"];

I want it to say if I typed in an input dog it will tell me dog is the forth one and sixth one.

Mohammed Aouf Zouag · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-01 17:49:30Z

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Use list comprehensions:

list1 = ['physics', 'chemistry', "dog", "cat","dog"]

string = input()
res = [i for i, el in enumerate(list1) if el == string]

print(res)

Output:

[2, 4]

answered Feb 1, 2016 at 17:49

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thanks you just saved my course work like 20 mins of experimenting

for reference how does this work so i can use any information i scrounge for future reference