How to iterate over each string in a list of strings and operate on it's elements

Question

Im new to python and i need some help with this.

TASK : given a list --> words = [\'aba\', \'xyz\', \'xgx\', \'dssd\', \'sdjh\']

i need to com

Answer 1

c=0
words = ['challa','reddy','challa']

for idx, word in enumerate(words):
    if idx==0:
        firstword=word
        print(firstword)
    elif idx == len(words)-1:
        lastword=word
        print(lastword)
        if firstword==lastword:
            c=c+1
            print(c)