[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > I was wondering what can I do to print the name of a list that is > inside a list. For example: > > > exported = ['123','456'] > imported = ['789','012'] > > client1 = ['cl1b','cl1a'] > client2 = ['cl2a','cl2b'] > > host = ['imported','exported'] > client = ['client1','client2'] > > list = ['host', 'client'] > > My goal is to print a string that reads: > 'host imported 789' > ...and subsequently print more strings that read: > 'host imported 012' > 'host exported 123' > 'host exported 456' > ..... > > > Thanks in advance for the help.... > Oriana >
def printContents(seq, output=""): for itemname in seq: item = globals().get(itemname, None) if isinstance(item, (list, tuple)): printContents(item, "%s%s " % (output, itemname)) else: print "%s%s" % (output, itemname) exported = ['123','456'] imported = ['789','012'] client1 = ['cl1b','cl1a'] client2 = ['cl2a','cl2b'] host = ['imported','exported'] client = ['client1','client2'] # you shouldn't reassing 'list', so let's call it something else namelist = ['host', 'client'] printContents(namelist) Output: host imported 789 host imported 012 host exported 123 host exported 456 client client1 cl1b client client1 cl1a client client2 cl2a client client2 cl2b Let me know if this wasn't what you wanted :) -- dOb -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list