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Split a list into nested lists on a value

I have a list like this:

['jj01','gg01',',','yy01','hh01',',','yy04','uu01']

How would I split this list to its elements — splitting on ',' like this:

[['jj01','gg01'],['yy01','hh01'],['yy04','uu01']]

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

One possible ‘pythonic’ way to do this:

l = ['jj01','gg01',',','yy01','hh01',',','yy04','uu01']
joined = ':'.join(l)
separated = joined.split(':,:')
final = [x.split(':') for x in separated]

which can be combined into the one-liner:

final = [x.split(':') for x in ':'.join(l).split(':,:')]

As pointed out in the comments, this solution will work only if the contents of the list are strings.