so i basically have a nested list that will be constantly changing but for example it will look like this:
[9,1,[3,5][3]]
and then I'm also getting a generated index that's formatted like this:
[2,1]
so, at index [2,1] the value is '5' but how do I write code that will automatically extract this value for me? the list will be constantly changing and the indexes will also be changing (will always be a valid index) so I cant just used a nested for loop. is there any easy way to do this?
You could iterate through the required index, and use <list>.pop(<index>) to extract the element using its index.
L = [9,1,[3,5],[3]]
idx = [2,1]
for i in idx:
L = L.pop(i)
print(L)
Output
5
If your index isn't changing in dimension, maybe you could just use the hard-coded value? If they are changing, you can iterate with your indexes and pop the items, until you reach your item index.
lst = [9, 1, [3, 5], [3]]
idx = [2, 1]
print(lst[idx[0]][idx[1]])
// or
for i in idx:
lst = lst.pop(i)
Make a copy of L to c and loop over indices and In each loop you will get one level deeper until you reach the final value.
L = [9,1,[3,5],[3]]
indices = [2,1]
c = L.copy()
for i in indices:
c = c[i]
print(c) #5
[3,5][3]isn't valid. You meant[3,5], [3], right?