Format list of list sub elements keeping structure.
Sayth Renshaw
flebber.crue at gmail.com
Mon Jul 23 21:52:19 EDT 2018
I have data which is a list of lists of all the full paths in a json document.
How can I change the format to be usable when selecting elements?
data = [['glossary'],
['glossary', 'title'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'title'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'ID'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'SortAs'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossTerm'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'Acronym'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'Abbrev'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef', 'para'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef', 'GlossSeeAlso'],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef', 'GlossSeeAlso', 0],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef', 'GlossSeeAlso', 1],
['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossSee']]
I am trying to change it to be.
[['glossary'],
['glossary']['title'],
['glossary']['GlossDiv'],
....]
Currently when I am formatting I am flattening the structure(accidentally).
for item in data:
for elem in item:
out = ("[{0}]").format(elem)
print(out)
Which gives
[glossary]
[title]
[GlossDiv]
[title]
[GlossList]
[GlossEntry]
[ID]
[SortAs]
[GlossTerm]
[Acronym]
[Abbrev]
[GlossDef]
[para]
[GlossSeeAlso]
[0]
[1]
[GlossSee]
Cheers
Sayth
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