Using Python's list index() method on a list of tuples or objects?

Question

Python\'s list type has an index() method that takes one parameter and returns the index of the first item in the list matching the parameter. For instance:

Answer 1

I guess the following is not the best way to do it (speed and elegance concerns) but well, it could help :

from collections import OrderedDict as od
t = [('pineapple', 5), ('cherry', 7), ('kumquat', 3), ('plum', 11)]
list(od(t).keys()).index('kumquat')
2
list(od(t).values()).index(7)
7
# bonus :
od(t)['kumquat']
3

list of tuples with 2 members can be converted to ordered dict directly, data structures are actually the same, so we can use dict method on the fly.