index nested lists

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

Alex wrote:
> On 28 Lug, 15:12, "Andreas Tawn" <andreas.t... at ubisoft.com> wrote:
>   
>>> hi at all,
>>>  If I have this list:
>>>       
>>>>>> lista
>>>>>>             
>>> ['ciao', 1, ['mela', 'pera', 'banana'], [1, 2, 3]]
>>>       
>>> if I want enumerate elements...I can see:
>>>       
>>>>>> for parola in lista:
>>>>>>             
>>>    print lista[i]
>>>    i = i + 1
>>>       
>>> ciao
>>> 1
>>> ['mela', 'pera', 'banana']
>>> [1, 2, 3]
>>>       
>>> but, if I want to enumerate elements about nested lists ??, something
>>> like:
>>>       
>>> ciao
>>> 1
>>> mela
>>> pera
>>> banana
>>> 1
>>> 2
>>> 3
>>>       
>>> ...How can I do ??
>>>       
>>> Alex
>>> --
>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>>>       
>> You could do something like this.
>>
>> def printNestedList(lst):
>>     if isinstance(lst, list):
>>         for element in lst:
>>             printNestedList(element)
>>     else:
>>         print lst
>>
>> myList = ['ciao', 1, ['mela', 'pera', 'banana'], [1, 2, 3]]
>> printNestedList(myList)
>>
>>     
>
>
> thanks a lot !
>
> Alex
>   
One hidden suggestion in Andreas answer is to write your code in 
english, if you can :o)

JM