Iterating over a 2 dimensional python list
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I have created a 2 dimension array like:
rows =3
columns= 2
mylist = [[0 for x in range(columns)] for x in range(rows)]
for i in range(rows):
for j in range(columns):
mylist[i][j] = '%s,%s'%(i,j)
print mylist
Printing this list gives an output:
[ ['0,0', '0,1'], ['1,0', '1,1'], ['2,0', '2,1'] ]
where each list item is a string of the format 'row,column'
Now given this list, i want to iterate through it in the order:
'0,0'
'1,0'
'2,0'
'0,1'
'1,1'
'2,1'
that is iterate through 1st column then 2nd column and so on. How do i do it with a loop ?
This Question pertains to pure python list while the question which is marked as same pertains to numpy arrays. They are clearly different
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
same way you did the fill in, but reverse the indexes:
>>> for j in range(columns):
... for i in range(rows):
... print mylist[i][j],
...
0,0 1,0 2,0 0,1 1,1 2,1
>>>
Solution 2 - Python
This is the correct way.
>>> x = [ ['0,0', '0,1'], ['1,0', '1,1'], ['2,0', '2,1'] ]
>>> for i in range(len(x)):
for j in range(len(x[i])):
print(x[i][j])
0,0
0,1
1,0
1,1
2,0
2,1
>>>
Solution 3 - Python
Use zip and itertools.chain. Something like:
>>> from itertools import chain
>>> l = chain.from_iterable(zip(*l))
<itertools.chain object at 0x104612610>
>>> list(l)
['0,0', '1,0', '2,0', '0,1', '1,1', '2,1']
Solution 4 - Python
>>> mylist = [["%s,%s"%(i,j) for j in range(columns)] for i in range(rows)]
>>> mylist
[['0,0', '0,1', '0,2'], ['1,0', '1,1', '1,2'], ['2,0', '2,1', '2,2']]
>>> zip(*mylist)
[('0,0', '1,0', '2,0'), ('0,1', '1,1', '2,1'), ('0,2', '1,2', '2,2')]
>>> sum(zip(*mylist),())
('0,0', '1,0', '2,0', '0,1', '1,1', '2,1', '0,2', '1,2', '2,2')
Solution 5 - Python
zip will transpose the list, after that you can concatenate the outputs.
In [3]: zip(*[ ['0,0', '0,1'], ['1,0', '1,1'], ['2,0', '2,1'] ])
Out[3]: [('0,0', '1,0', '2,0'), ('0,1', '1,1', '2,1')]
Solution 6 - Python
zip() in conjunction with the * operator can be used to unzip a list
unzip_lst = zip(*mylist)
for i in unzip_lst:
for j in i:
print j
Solution 7 - Python
>>> [el[0] if i < len(mylist) else el[1] for i,el in enumerate(mylist + mylist)]
['0,0', '1,0', '2,0', '0,1', '1,1', '2,1']