# embedding.py
# Lillian Lee (LJL2@cornell.edu)
# Feb 26, 2013

""" Demonstrate recursive counting of the embeddedness of a list"""


def embed(input):
    """Returns: level of embedding of <input>.

    Precondition: input is a list of strings or a string"""
    return 0 if type(input) != list else 1 + max(map(embed, input))