Is it possible to have an index (e.g., for a list) start at 1 instead of 0?

[Exsul]

Is it possible to have an index (e.g., for a list) start at 1 instead of 0?

[Yoriz]

You could put something in index 0 of the list that you never use.
You could -1 from from the number you want to index.

[ichabod801]

You can also use ints as keys for dictionaries. You may not be able to loop like a list, but you can assign and retrieve by index that way. You can use this with collections.defaultdict for sparse lists, where the indexes might be high, but most of them are never used.

[perfringo]

If you need this index/integer for iteration then one can use enumerate:

>>> for i, char in enumerate("abc", start=1):
...     print(f"{i}. {char}")
...
1. a
2. b
3. c

[Exsul]

If you need this index/integer for iteration then one can use enumerate:

>>> for i, char in enumerate("abc", start=1):
...     print(f"{i}. {char}")
...
1. a
2. b
3. c

That's just what I needed. Thanks!