Variable depth of nesting

[Jay O'Connor]

On 7 Feb 2001 05:35:03 -0800, aahz at panix.com (Aahz Maruch) wrote:

>In article <g0k872soog.fsf at scumbag.ecs.soton.ac.uk>,
>Jacek Generowicz  <jmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>Is it somehow possible to write loops with variable nesting depths?
>
>Try recursion.

Here's an example that will recusively print the elements in a list

>>> import types
>>> def printList(aList):
	for item in aList:
		if type(item) == types.ListType:
			printList(item)
		else:
			print item

>>> printList ([1,2,3])
1
2
3
>>> printList ([1,2,3, [4,5,6]])
1
2
3
4
5
6

Take care,

Jay O'Connor
joconnor at cybermesa.com
http://www.cybermesa.com/~joconnor

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