2018-07-24 3:52 GMT+02:00, Sayth Renshaw <flebber.c...@gmail.com>: > 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'], > ....] > > [...] > > > Cheers > > Sayth > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
Hi, You may try to experiment with pprint https://docs.python.org/3/library/pprint.html I don't use it very often, but it seems to suit the needs like this. If you increase the default width=80 (intended for reading and source code) to a larger value, the formatting might come close to your specification. For the sample data, the width can be set to a slightly smaller value, than the length of the whole string representation of the nested list, the formatting then follows the next "level" of the nesting, these are formated on separate lines. cf.: >>> import pprint >>> len(str(data)) 957 >>> pprint.pprint(data, width=956, compact=False) [['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']] >>> hth, vbr -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
