num = 1 ws = [[0], [3, 4, 6], [5, 7, 8], [1, 2], [9]] for i, line in enumerate(ws): sys.stdout.write('Fw%d = ' % i) sys.stdout.write('{V%d' % (line[0] + num)) for item in line[1:]: sys.stdout.write(', V%d' % (item + num)) sys.stdout.write('}\n') for i, line in enumerate(ws): print 'Fw%d =' % i, print '{V%d' % (line[0] + num), for item in line[1:]: print ', V%d' % (item + num), print '}' Fw0 = {V1} Fw1 = {V4, V5, V7} Fw2 = {V6, V8, V9} Fw3 = {V2, V3} Fw4 = {V10} Fw0 = {V1 } Fw1 = {V4 , V5 , V7 } Fw2 = {V6 , V8 , V9 } Fw3 = {V2 , V3 } Fw4 = {V10 }