Как проверить, вложен ли список или нет
In [11]: a = [1, 2, 3]
In [12]: b = [[1], [2], [3]]
In [13]: any(isinstance(i, list) for i in a)
Out[13]: False
In [14]: any(isinstance(i, list) for i in b)
Out[14]: True
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