Getting Python list output into column table instead of row

Question

I've got some Python source code blocks in my Org mode document and when I print lists as output I get an org table of one row with all elements (regardless of whether I create a session or not):

#+BEGIN_SRC python :session
list = [1, 2, 3, 4]
list
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

For long lists this is inconvenient (also when exporting to LaTeX/PDF, for example). Is there a way to change the output to one column, multiple rows?

I have tried adding :results list to the source block header, which sort of gives me what I want. Nevertheless, a table is preferred over a list.

Answer 1

You can output a column vector by mapping each list element to a row element of a new list of lists (matrix):

#+BEGIN_SRC python :session
mylist = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
map( lambda x: [x], mylist )
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6 |