Not quite, but almost:
data=[["Peter", ["Ian", [["Randy", ["Clara"]]]]], "Paul", ["Mary", ["Arthur"]]] def show(data,level): for i in data: if i.__class__.__name__=='list': show(i,level+1) else: print '%s->%s' % ('-'*level,i) show(data,0) /Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list