people = input_list = [["Richard", [], {"children": "yes", "divorced": "no", "occupation": "analyst"}],
["Mary", ["testing"], {"children": "no", "divorced": "yes", "occupation": "QA analyst", "location": "Seattle"}]]
list_keys = ['name', 'current_project', 'details']
listout = []
for person in people:
dict_p = {}
for key in list_keys:
if not key == 'details':
dict_p[key] = person[list_keys.index(key)]
else:
subdict = person[list_keys.index(key)]
for subkey in subdict.keys():
dict_p[subkey] = subdict[subkey]
listout.append(dict_p)
print(listout)
Output
[{'name': 'Richard', 'current_project': [], 'children': 'yes', 'divorced': 'no', 'occupation': 'analyst'}, {'name': 'Mary', 'current_project': ['testing'], 'children': 'no', 'divorced': 'yes', 'occupation': 'QA analyst', 'location': 'Seattle'}]
