On 02/06/16 18:05, Olaoluwa Thomas wrote: > lst = list() > for line in fhand: > words = line.split()
words is now a list of words a test that a portion of my code was working) > lst.append(words) So you append that list to lst and get a list of lists. Try using + instead: lst += words > would give me the output in the attached screenshot > [image: Inline image 2] This is a text based list attachments often get stripped out by the server -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor