[Tutor] turn a path into nested list

[Christian Witts]

On 13/01/2011 14:33, ingo wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> a probably simple problem I can't get my head around at the moment
> (old age?), some input would be appreciated.
>
> I have a path
>
>    
>>>> path = 'Audio/site-packages/pygame/examples/macosx/aliens_app_example/English.lproj'
>>>>          
> I'd like to turn taht into a list with a certain structure and order:
>
> [['Audio', 'Audio'],
> ['site-packages', ''Audio/site-packages'],
> ['pygame', 'Audio/site-packages/pygame'],
> ['examples', 'Audio/site-packages/pygame/examples'],
> ['macosx', ''Audio/site-packages/pygame/examples/macosx'],
> .
> .
> ]
>
> How to approach this?
>
> TIA,
>
> ingo
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First split your path into segments, then iterate over those segments 
and build your new list (item one being the current segment, and part 
two a joined string of previous segments).

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Kind Regards,
Christian Witts