title: Python - slice a list of list
body: <p>I think its called a slice... </p>
  
  <p>basically I have a list of lists:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[['fmt/10', 3L, 5L, Decimal('9500')], 
  ['fmt/353', 1L, 1L, Decimal('500')], 
  ['fmt/7', 3L, 5L, Decimal('9500')], 
  ['fmt/8', 3L, 5L, Decimal('9500')], 
  ['fmt/9', 3L, 5L, Decimal('9500')]]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I want to pull out 4 new lists, all at position [0], [1], [2] and [3]. </p>
  
  <p>so if would look like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>A = ['fmt/10', 'fmt/353','fmt/7','fmt/8','fmt/9']
  B = [3,1,3,3,3] 
  C = [5,1,5,5,5]
  D = [9500,500,9500,9500,9500]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Whats the simplest way to achieve this? 
  From reading around I think I want to use 'zip' but I'm not sure how that works. </p>