Python – Get the indices of all occurrences of an element in a list

Given a list, the task is to write a Python Program to get the indices of all occurrences of an element in a list.

Method 1: Using For loop

This is a simple method to get the indices of all occurrences of an element in a list. Here we use a for-loop to iterate through each element in the original list.

Syntax : for iterator_name in range(length)

where

• iterator_name is the name of the iterator
• length is the size of the list

Example : 

Output:

0
3

Method 2: Using enumerate() function

Instead of using for-loop we can use enumerate function. This function adds a counter to an iterable and returns the enumerate object.

Syntax: [expression for element_name in enumerate(list_name) if condition]

where

• Element_name is the name of the element
• list_name is the name of the list
• Condition is the condition that needs to be true

For this, we will create list and then we will create enumerate function to get indices of all occurrences of an element in a list

Example :

Output:

[0, 3]

Method 3: Using itertools module

Itertools is memory-efficient tools that are useful by themselves or in combination, so for this we will use count() methods from this module which will return an iterator of evenly spaced values from the start value.

Syntax: [expression for element_name in zip(count(), list_name) if condition]

• element_name is the name of the element
• list_name is the name of the list
• Condition is the condition that needs to be true

For this, we will create a list and then using comprehension with zip() we will get indices of all occurrences of an element in a list. 

Example: 

Output:

[0, 3]

Method 4: Using NumPy library

NumPy is general-purpose array-processing package, it provides convenient ways to use arrays in Python. 

Syntax: numpy.where(list_name,value)[index]

where 

• list_name is the name of the list
• Value is the value to be searched for
• Index is the starting index of array (usually it will be “0”)

For this, we will create an array using numpy.array() and then get all the indices of elements in an input array when the condition is satisfied using numpy.where() methods.

Example : 

Output :

[0, 3]