How to separate a Python list into two lists, according to some aspect of the elements

Question

I have a list like this:

[[8, \"Plot\", \"Sunday\"], [1, \"unPlot\", \"Monday\"], [12, \"Plot\", \"Monday\"], [10, \"Plot\", \"Tuesday\"], [4, \"unPlot\", \"         


        

Answer 1

Try:

yourList=[[8, "Plot", "Sunday"], [1, "unPlot", "Monday"], [12, "Plot", "Monday"], [10, "Plot", "Tuesday"], [4, "unPlot", "Tuesday"], [14, "Plot", "Wednesday"], [6, "unPlot", "Wednesday"], [1, "unPlot", "Thursday"], [19, "Plot", "Thursday"], [28, "Plot", "Friday"], [10, "unPlot", "Friday"], [3, "unPlot", "Saturday"]]
plotList=[]
unPlotList=[]

for i in yourList:
    if "Plot" in i:
        plotList.append(i)
    else:
        unPlotList.append(i)

or shorter with comprehension:

plotList = [i for i in yourList if "Plot" in i]
unPlotList = [i for i in yourList if "unPlot" in i]