Ok, well I'm glad no one threw up their hands in horror to the code I posted.
I'll have to study the alternate solutions offered (thanks!) Esmail -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
- flattening and rebuilding a simple list of lists Esmail
- Re: flattening and rebuilding a simple list of lists Esmail
- Re: flattening and rebuilding a simple list of lists Peter Otten
- Re: flattening and rebuilding a simple list of lists Neil Cerutti
