New Python programmers often reach for indexes far more often than experienced Pythonistas.

Many of the most common use cases for indexing in other languages have a higher-level non-index-based approach in #Python.

Indexes aren't bad. But there is often a more readable approach.

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Avoid indexes in Python

Python code that uses indexes can often be refactored into more readable code that doesn't rely on indexing.

^{Trey Hunner (Python Morsels)}