import operator ll = reduce(operator.add,l) George Young: > > I have a list like: > > l = [[2], [3], [5], [11]] > > and I want to get: > > ll = [2, 3, 5, 11] > > > > I know I can do something like: > > ll = map(lambda i: i[0],l) > > Malcolm Tredinnick: > ll = [x[0] for x in l]