>>> NAME,AGE,PAY = range(3)
>>> bob = ['Bob Smith',42,10000]
>>> bob[NAME]
'Bob Smith'
>>> PAY,bob[PAY]
(2, 10000)
>>>
>>> bob = [['name','Bob Smith'],['age',42],['pay',3000]]
>>> sue = [['name','Sue Jones'],['age',45],['pay',2000]]
>>> people = [bob,sue]
>>> for person in people:
... print(person[0][1],person[2][1])
...
Bob Smith 3000
Sue Jones 2000
>>> [person[0][1] for person in people]
['Bob Smith', 'Sue Jones']
>>> for person in people:
... print(person[0][1].split()[-1])
... person[2][1]*=1.10
...
Smith
Jones
>>> for person in people:print(person[2])
...
['pay', 3300.0000000000005]
['pay', 2200.0]
>>>
>>> for person in people:
... for(name,value)in person:
... if name == 'name':print(value)
...
Bob Smith
Sue Jones