Start index for iterating Python list

Question

What is the best way to set a start index when iterating a list in Python. For example, I have a list of the days of the week - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, ... Saturday - but I

Answer 1

If you want to "wrap around" and effectively rotate the list to start with Monday (rather than just chop off the items prior to Monday):

dayNames = [ 'Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 
            'Friday', 'Saturday',  ]

startDayName = 'Monday'

startIndex = dayNames.index( startDayName )
print ( startIndex )

rotatedDayNames = dayNames[ startIndex: ] + dayNames [ :startIndex ]

for x in rotatedDayNames:
    print ( x )