Help on String variable

[Yoriz]

If i understand correctly, the following might be along the lines of what you are looking for.

method_names = ['female_condoms', 'emergency', 'male_condoms', 'pill',
                'injectables', 'iud', 'male_sterilization', 'female_sterilization']

methods_discussed = [['iud', 'male_condoms', 'pill'],
                     ['male_condoms'],
                     [],
                     ['female_sterilization', 'male_sterilization'],
                     ['male_sterilization', 'iud', 'injectables']]

data_points = []

for method_dicuseed in methods_discussed:
    points = []
    for method_name in method_names:
        points.append(int(method_name in method_dicuseed))
    data_points.append(points)

print(data_points)

Output:
[[0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1], [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0]]

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With the additional comments

import pprint

method_names = ['female_condoms', 'emergency', 'male_condoms', 'pill',
                'injectables', 'iud', 'male_sterilization', 'female_sterilization']

methods_discussed = [['iud', 'male_condoms', 'pill'],
                     ['male_condoms'],
                     [],
                     ['female_sterilization', 'male_sterilization'],
                     ['male_sterilization', 'iud', 'injectables']]

data_points = []

for index, method_dicuseed in enumerate(methods_discussed):
    points = [index+1, method_dicuseed]
    for method_name in method_names:
        points.append(int(method_name in method_dicuseed))
    data_points.append(points)


pprint.pprint(data_points)

Output:
[[1, ['iud', 'male_condoms', 'pill'], 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0],
 [2, ['male_condoms'], 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
 [3, [], 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
 [4, ['female_sterilization', 'male_sterilization'], 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1],
 [5, ['male_sterilization', 'iud', 'injectables'], 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0]]