Hi Tutor, I'm trying to parse words in a file line by line and place all words into another list but I keep getting a list with nested lists. I would normally pore over it and go to google and fix my problems but this one escapes me and frankly, I'm tired of being stuck in the same place for almost a week.
Here's the code: fname = raw_input('Enter file name:\n') try: fhand = open(fname) except: print 'File cannot be found or opened:', fname exit() lst = list() for line in fhand: words = line.split() #print words (this was a test that a portion of my code was working) lst.append(words) print lst A text file with the following contents "But soft what light through yonder window breaks It is the east and Juliet is the sun Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon Who is already sick and pale with grief" would give me the output in the attached screenshot [image: Inline image 2] whereas I want only one list containing strings not nested lists. Any help would be appreciated. *Warm regards,* *Olaoluwa O. Thomas,* *+2347068392705* _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor