> George Young <gry at ll.mit.edu> wrote: > : I have a list like: > : l = [[2], [3], [5], [11]] > : and I want to get: > : ll = [2, 3, 5, 11] > > Short but silly solution: > > ll = map(max,l) How about this ? l=[[1,2,2],[2],[2,3]] ll=[ j for i in l for j in i ] cheers, Soumitri.