def makelol(inlist):
    """
Converts a 1D list to a 2D list (i.e., a list-of-lists).  Useful when you
want to use put() to write a 1D list one item per line in the file.

Usage:   makelol(inlist)
Returns: if l = [1,2,'hi'] then returns [[1],[2],['hi']] etc.
"""
    x = []
    for item in inlist:
        x.append([item])
    return x