Python find first instance of non zero number in list

Question

I have a list like this

myList = [0.0 , 0.0, 0.0, 2.0, 2.0]

I would like to find the location of the first number in the list that is not e

Answer 1

How about doing following:

print (np.nonzero(np.array(myList))[0][0])

This is more convenient because along with finding non-zero values, this can also help to apply logic function directly. For example:

print (np.nonzero(np.array(myList)>1))