Wow! Thanks for all of the great additional feedback and responses since I last checked in. The help this group provides is amazing. I'm glad I found it.
@Andrew -- Thanks for the clarification on the nested for loop and how to intrepret it. Also, thanks for the information on generators. I have never come across this before so I will look into it a bit more. The same thing goes for iPython. I have been looking for an IDE that comes with better debugging capabilities that the default Python shell. @dusans -- Just when I thought I couldn't simplify my code anymore, you provide come up with another way. Thank you. @ptn -- Thanks for the explanation between "append" and "extend". I guess I've gotten lazy and have always used "append", apparently even in situations where it may not be appropriate. Thanks again, everyone! Samir -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
