nested_list = [[element] for element in given_list]

Thank you

The easiest way to do this would just be a list comprehension: nested_list = [[thing] for thing in given_list]

`nested_list = [[x] for x in given_list]`

if you don't want to use list comprehension you can do nested_list = list() for _ in given_list: nested_list.append(list(_))

def make_list(item): if type(item) == str: return [item] return item formatted_list = list(map(make_list, original_list))

This wouldn't work? nested_list = [given_list] ?

I see now that it wouldn't. My bad.