Python3 preventing nested list and show position/index of values in list

As the title suggest, i'm getting a nested list from splitting twice.

" ".join didn't help with this problem.
I also can't figure out how to print position of a word in the list.

The goal is to split id user text words on tab(which works) and print the words with their position in a list.

import sys
def main():
olist =
for line in sys.stdin:
i,u,t,w = line.split('t')

olist.append(w.split())
print(olist)
for num,name in enumerate(olist):
print(num, name)


output print(olist):

[['RT', '@AfshinEllian1', ':', 'Kennelijk', 'vinden', 'ze', 'daar', 'aan', 'die', 'gezellige', 'tafel', 'normaal', 'dat', 'steltje', 'barbaren', 'onze', 'grondwettelijke', 'rechten', 'bedreigen', '.', 'Zouden', 'we', 'ook', 'voor', 'andere', 'buitenwettelijke', 'dreigingen', 'moeten', 'capituleren', '?', 'Wat', 'een', 'door', 'ons', 'gesubsidieerde', 'domheid', '!', '#laatop1', '#cartoonwedstrijd']]


output print(num, name):

0 ['RT', '@AfshinEllian1', ':', 'Kennelijk', 'vinden', 'ze', 'daar', 'aan', 'die', 'gezellige', 'tafel', 'normaal', 'dat', 'steltje', 'barbaren', 'onze', 'grondwettelijke', 'rechten', 'bedreigen', '.', 'Zouden', 'we', 'ook', 'voor', 'andere', 'buitenwettelijke', 'dreigingen', 'moeten', 'capituleren', '?', 'Wat', 'een', 'door', 'ons', 'gesubsidieerde', 'domheid', '!', '#laatop1', '#cartoonwedstrijd']


Desired output =

RT [0]
@AfshinEllian1 [1]
: [2]
Kennelijk [3]


etc

enumerate(olist[0])

2 Answers
2

If I understand your problem correctly, this line:

olist.append(w.split())


is not doing what you want. You need to extend the list instead:

olist.extend(w.split())


which joins two lists.

There is no need to split it twice, simply print it directly via:

import sys

def main():
for line in sys.stdin:
for num, name in enumerate(line.split("t")):
print(" []".format(name.strip(), num))

main()

# next line is input line
This is a test

# and the output for it ...
This [0]
is [1]
a [2]
test [3]


If you want to have ongoing numbering, you can also use this code. Here you can simply use the +-operator which will concat your lists which is probably what you want.

+

def main():
olist =
for line in sys.stdin:
olist += [name for name in line.split("t")]
for num, name in enumerate(olist):
print(" []".format(name.strip(), num))


The used .strip()-method is simply cosmetic, because sys.stdin will also catch line separator.

.strip()

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