Python list manipulation, multiple words in an entry

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I have a list of different movie genres:

['Action, Adventure, Thriller', 'Comedy, Drama, Romance', 'Adventure, Drama, Romance', 'Crime, Drama', 'Drama, Thriller, War', 'Animation, Adventure, Comedy']

The first list entry 'Action, Adventure, Thriller' consists of the genres of the first movie, the second list entry 'Comedy, Drama, Romance' consists of the genres of the second movie etc...

I want the following output in order to find out how often each genre appears in the list:

['Action', 'Adventure', 'Thriller', 'Comedy', 'Drama', 'Romance', 'Adventure', 'Drama', 'Romance', 'Crime', 'Drama', 'Drama', 'Thriller', 'War', 'Animation', 'Adventure', 'Comedy']

How could I achieve this list where each genre is surrounded by single quotes and separated by comma?

string list python
2 Answers

Let's assume your list is called your_list

[word.strip() for words in your_list for word in words.split(',')]
Juan Federico0 
import itertools


a = ['Action, Adventure, Thriller', 'Comedy, Drama, Romance', 'Adventure, Drama, Romance', 'Crime, Drama', 'Drama, Thriller, War', 'Animation, Adventure, Comedy']

b =[x.split(",") for x in a]

c = list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(b))

# or if you can use 
d = [item for sublist in b for item in sublist]
Jilong Yin0
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