Find Matching Index

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Introduction

In Python, it is often necessary to find the index of the first element in a list that satisfies a certain condition. This can be achieved using a list comprehension, enumerate(), and next(). In this challenge, you will be tasked with writing a function that finds the index of the first element in a list that satisfies a given testing function.


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Find Matching Index

Write a function find_index(lst, fn) that takes a list lst and a testing function fn as arguments. The function should return the index of the first element in lst for which fn returns True.

def find_index(lst, fn):
  return next(i for i, x in enumerate(lst) if fn(x))
find_index([1, 2, 3, 4], lambda n: n % 2 == 1) ## 0

Summary

In this challenge, you have learned how to find the index of the first element in a list that satisfies a given testing function. This can be achieved using a list comprehension, enumerate(), and next().

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