Recursive algorithms anyone?

[Nick Perkins]

"Kirby Urner" <urner at alumni.princeton.edu> wrote in message
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> E.g.  >>> additem(1,[1,2,[3,4,[5,6]],7])
>       [2,3,[4,5,[6,7]],8]
>



def additem(x):
    if type(x) is type([]): return map(additem,x)
    else: return x+1