Counting depth or the deepest level a nested list goes to

Question

A have a real problem (and a headache) with an assignment...

I\'m in an introductory programming class, and I have to write a function that, given a list, will retur

Answer 1

If you're looking for a quick fix

def getDepth(matrix):
    try:
        len(matrix)
        return getDepth(matrix[0]) + 1
    except:
        return 0