Reference to the iteration number in Java's foreach

Question

How can you refer to the index of an array in the foreach?

My code

String[] name = { "hello", "world" };
for ( int k : name[k] ) {
   --- cut ---
}

I expecting that the foreach -loop will

1. set k = 0 in first iteration so that name[0] works correctly
2. set k = 1 in the next iteration...

I get the error message

foreach not applicable to expression type

Answer 1

That's because the index is not available when using the foreach syntax. You have to use traditional iteration if you need the index:

for (int i =0; i < names.length; i++) {
   String name = names[i];
}

If you do not need the index, the standard foreach will suffice:

for (String name : names) {
    //...
} 

EDIT: obviously you can get the index using a counter, but then you have a variable available outside the scope of the loop, which I think is undesirable