I have data which is a list of lists of all the full paths in a json document.
How can I change the format to be usable when selecting elements? data = [['glossary'], ['glossary', 'title'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'title'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'ID'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'SortAs'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossTerm'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'Acronym'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'Abbrev'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef', 'para'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef', 'GlossSeeAlso'], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef', 'GlossSeeAlso', 0], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossDef', 'GlossSeeAlso', 1], ['glossary', 'GlossDiv', 'GlossList', 'GlossEntry', 'GlossSee']] I am trying to change it to be. [['glossary'], ['glossary']['title'], ['glossary']['GlossDiv'], ....] Currently when I am formatting I am flattening the structure(accidentally). for item in data: for elem in item: out = ("[{0}]").format(elem) print(out) Which gives [glossary] [title] [GlossDiv] [title] [GlossList] [GlossEntry] [ID] [SortAs] [GlossTerm] [Acronym] [Abbrev] [GlossDef] [para] [GlossSeeAlso] [0] [1] [GlossSee] Cheers Sayth -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list