How do I initialize a list please?

[Christian Tismer]

Christopher wrote:
> Gerhard Häring <gerhard.haering at gmx.de> wrote in message news:<mailman.1041347835.14601.python-list at python.org>...
> 
>>* OUTLand <cmfinlay at SPAMmagnet.com.au> [2003-01-01 02:07 +1100]:
>>
>>>How do I initialize a list please?
...

>>dim = [1.0] * 10
>>
>>But don't do this for two-dimensional arrays:
...

>>>>dim = []
>>>>for x in range(10):
>>>
> ... 	dim.append([1.0] * 10)
> ... 	
> 
> Or is there an easier, more efficient way?

Semantically equivalent, but probably the standard
way for Python with list comprehensions, you would use

 >>> dim = [ [1.0] * 10 for i in xrange(10) ]

Happy new year -- chris

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