Convert Unicode string to nested list

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I tried to convert an unicode string like this (that I am getting from a web service):

value = [[u"Seba", u"10"], [u"[Gianfranco", u"80"], [u"[Marco", u"20"], [u"[Massimo", u"125"]]

And I want to create a nested list in order to be able to sort it via "sorted" method.

This is what I did: First remove all the not needed ""

value = value.replace('"', '')

then strip extra [] and create list with split method:

valuelist = [x.split(',') for x in value.strip('[]').split('],[')]

Finally I am able to sort via sorted method, on second element of the nested list.

valuelist = sorted(valuelist,key=lambda valuelist: int((valuelist[1])), reverse=True)

The code is working but I was wondering if there's a more elegant solution. Thanks

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about working code. — That1Guy
– That1Guy, Commented Jul 9, 2015 at 16:03
@That1Guy And where in the Stack Overflow help center does it say that "working code" is off-topic? — Simon Forsberg
– Simon Forsberg, Commented Jul 9, 2015 at 16:22
@SimonAndréForsberg You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page. The code is working but I was wondering if there's a more elegant solution is open-ended, subjective, and potentially chatty. — That1Guy
– That1Guy, Commented Jul 9, 2015 at 16:47

o-90 · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-10 13:03:43Z

2

you could try

>>> [[i.encode('ascii', 'ignore').replace('[', '') for i in x] for x in value]
[['Seba', '10'], ['Gianfranco', '80'], ['Marco', '20'], ['Massimo', '125']]

edited Jul 10, 2015 at 13:03

answered Jul 9, 2015 at 16:07

o-90

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Sebastiano Tognacci Over a year ago

Thanks but it's not correct solution because i don't get a nested list but just a list. I need to get [['Seba','10'], [['Gianfranco','80'], [['Marco','20'],[['Massimo','125']]

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