List Init Behavior

[Gene Chiaramonte]

When initializing a list of lists, I came across this behavior.

>>> l = [[0]*2]*3
>>> l
[[0, 0], [0, 0], [0, 0]]
>>> l[1][1] = 5
>>> l
[[0, 5], [0, 5], [0, 5]]

What I really want to do is quickly init a large list of lists where each
row is its own list. Not all rows pointing to the same list as above. Any
ideas?

This works - but I like the one line syntax better.
x = 5
y = 10
l = [0]*y
for i in range(y):
    l[i] = [0]*x

Thanks,

Gene