I read in this: ['C100, C117', 'X7R 0.033uF 10% 25V 0603', '0603-C_L, 0603-C_N', '10', '2', '', '30', '15463-333', 'MURATA', 'GRM188R71E333KA01D', 'Digi-Key', '490-1521-1-ND', '']
Then I need to convert it to this: [['C100', 'C117'], 'X7R 0.033uF 10% 25V 0603', '0603-C_L', '0603-C_N', '10', '2', '', '30', '15463-333', 'MURATA', 'GRM188R71E333KA01D', 'Digi-Key', '490-1521-1-ND', '']] The objectinve is too make the first instance a list of lists and have component values enclosed in a list. Then I will print out the components, each on its own line, followed by the description; for instance. C100, 'X7R 0.033uF 10% 25V 0603', '0603-C_L', '0603-C_N', '10', '2', '', '30', '15463-333', 'MURATA', 'GRM188R71E333KA01D', 'Digi-Key', '490-1521-1-ND', '' c117, 'X7R 0.033uF 10% 25V 0603', '0603-C_L', '0603-C_N', '10', '2', '', '30', '15463-333', 'MURATA', 'GRM188R71E333KA01D', 'Digi-Key', '490-1521-1-ND', '' The file is read in from a comma delimited file. I can't seem to work this out. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list