| 49 | |
| 50 | Certainly! Let's break down the task with an example: |
| 51 | |
| 52 | ### Given: |
| 53 | - You have a list of lists. |
| 54 | - You want to split each sublist at the point where the sublist starts with a given symbol. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | ### Example: |
| 57 | |
| 58 | #### Input: |
| 59 | ```python |
| 60 | list_of_lists = [ |
| 61 | ['a', 1, 2, 3], |
| 62 | ['b', 4, 5, 6], |
| 63 | ['*', 7, 8, 9], |
| 64 | ['c', 10, 11], |
| 65 | ['*', 12, 13], |
| 66 | ['d', 14, 15, 16] |
| 67 | ] |
| 68 | symbol = '*' |
| 69 | ``` |
| 70 | |
| 71 | #### Expected Output: |
| 72 | ```python |
| 73 | [ |
| 74 | [['a', 1, 2, 3], ['b', 4, 5, 6]], |
| 75 | [['*', 7, 8, 9], ['c', 10, 11]], |
| 76 | [['*', 12, 13], ['d', 14, 15, 16]] |
| 77 | ] |
| 78 | ``` |
| 79 | |
| 80 | ### Steps: |
| 81 | |
| 82 | 1. **Initialize an empty result list**: This will hold the final split sublists. |
| 83 | 2. **Iterate through each sublist**: Check if the first element of the sublist is the given symbol. |
| 84 | 3. **When the symbol is found**: Start a new group in the result list. |
| 85 | 4. **Continue grouping until the symbol is encountered again**. |
| 86 | |
| 87 | ### Python Code Implementation: |
| 88 | |
| 89 | ```python |
| 90 | def split_list_of_lists(list_of_lists, symbol): |
| 91 | result = [] |
| 92 | current_group = [] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | for sublist in list_of_lists: |
| 95 | if sublist[0] == symbol and current_group: |
| 96 | result.append(current_group) |
| 97 | current_group = [] |
| 98 | current_group.append(sublist) |
| 99 | |
| 100 | if current_group: |
| 101 | result.append(current_group) |
| 102 | |
| 103 | return result |
| 104 | |
| 105 | # Example usage |
| 106 | list_of_lists = [ |
| 107 | ['a', 1, 2, 3], |
| 108 | ['b', 4, 5, 6], |
| 109 | ['*', 7, 8, 9], |
| 110 | ['c', 10, 11], |
| 111 | ['*', 12, 13], |
| 112 | ['d', 14, 15, 16] |
| 113 | ] |
| 114 | symbol = '*' |
| 115 | output = split_list_of_lists(list_of_lists, symbol) |
| 116 | print(output) |
| 117 | ``` |
| 118 | |
| 119 | ### Output: |
| 120 | ```python |
| 121 | [ |
| 122 | [['a', 1, 2, 3], ['b', 4, 5, 6]], |
| 123 | [['*', 7, 8, 9], ['c', 10, 11]], |
| 124 | [['*', 12, 13], ['d', 14, 15, 16]] |
| 125 | ] |
| 126 | ``` |
| 127 | |
| 128 | This code takes a list of lists and splits it into separate groups whenever a sublist starts with the specified symbol. Each group is then added to the result. The result is a list of these grouped sublists. |