Combing 2D list of tuples and then sorting them in Python

Question

Update: The list are filled with strings I edited the list to show this

I have 3 different list such as

Section = [(\'1\', \'1.1\', \'1.2\'), (\'1\',         


        

Answer 1

My approach. List comprehension and no need to import modules. I think its fast, and its very simple.

EDIT: I've added an unsorted approach and a sorted approach.

#Unsorted
newList =[
    [item for sublist in Section for item in sublist],
    [item for sublist in Page for item in sublist],
    [item for sublist in Titles for item in sublist]
    ]

print newList
#Output
#[[1, 1.1, 1.2, 1, 2, 2.2, 3, 1, 1.2, 3.2, 3.5], 
# [1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 5], 
# ['General', 'Info', 'Titles', 'More', 'Info', 'Section', 'Here', 'Another', 'List', 'Of', 'Strings']]

#Sort first two lists afterwards, if desired
for i in range(2):
    newList[i].sort()

print newList
#Output
#[[1, 1, 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2, 2, 2.2, 3, 3.2, 3.5], 
# [1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5], 
# ['General', 'Info', 'Titles', 'More', 'Info', 'Section', 'Here', 'Another', 'List', 'Of', 'Strings']]