If your list of lists comes from a nested list comprehension, the problem can be solved more simply/directly by fixing the comprehension; please see How can I get a flat result from a list …

Apr 4, 2009 · Closed 9 years ago. Is the a short syntax for joining a list of lists into a single list ( or iterator) in python? For example I have a list as follows and I want to iterate over a,b and c.

In Python 3, filter doesn't return a list, but a generator-like object. Finding the first occurrence If you only want the first thing that matches a condition (but you don't know what it is yet), it's fine to use a for …

Apr 22, 2013 · The second action taken was to revert the accepted answer to its state before it was partway modified to address "determine if all elements in one list are in a second list".

Is there a way in Python to list all installed packages and their versions? I know I can go inside python/Lib/site-packages and see what files and directories exist, but I find this very awkward. ...

Python slicing is a computationally fast way to methodically access parts of your data. In my opinion, to be even an intermediate Python programmer, it's one aspect of the language that it is necessary to …

Nov 1, 2011 · In fact, despite the title "Python removing duplicates in lists", it doesn't seem like OP wanted to remove duplicates from within the same list at all. Rather, it looks like OP wanted to take …

Nov 11, 2009 · Explanation Everything in Python is an object, including lists. All objects have a header of some sort in the C implementation. Lists and other similar builtin objects with a "size" in Python, in …

To split on other delimiters, see Split a string by a delimiter in python. To split into individual characters, see How do I split a string into a list of characters?.

4147 new_list = my_list doesn't actually create a second list. The assignment just copies the reference to the list, not the actual list, so both new_list and my_list refer to the same list after the assignment. …