On Apr 8, 6:46 pm, "Gabriel Ibanez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabriel Ibanez wrote: > > Hi all .. > > > I'm trying to using the map function to convert a tuple to a list, without > > success. > > > I would like to have a lonely line that performs the same as loop of the > > next script: > > > ------------------------------------------- > > # Conveting tuple -> list > > > tupla = ((1,2), (3,4), (5,6)) > > > print tupla > > > lista = [] > > for a in tupla: > > for b in a: > > lista.append(b) > > print lista > > ------------------------------------------- > > > Any idea ? > > > Thanks ... > > > # Gabriel > > list(tupla) > > would probably do it. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ > > --http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > That would just make a list of tuples, I think he wants [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. > > Try: l = [x for z in t for x in z] > > --Brian > > --------------- > > Thanks Steve and Brian, > > Brian: that is !! > > However, it's a bit difficult to understand now. I have read it several > times :)
A list comp is straightforwardly equivalent to nested for loops. To read, it may be easeier to write it out as loops: l = [] for z in t: for x in z: l.append(x) Which, you'll note, it the same as your working code only with different names. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list