Select column from a list

[Stephen Fairchild]

hoffik wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm quite new in Python and I have one question. I have a 2D matrix of
> values stored in list (3 columns, many rows). I wonder if I can select one
> column without having to go through the list with 'for' command.
> 
> For example I have list called 'values'.
> When I write 'values[0]' or 'values[0][:]' I'll get the first row.
> But when I write 'values[:][0]' I won't get the first column, but the
> first row again! I can't see why.

rows = [(1, 5, 9), (2, 6, 10), (3, 7, 11), (4, 8, 12)]
cols = zip(*rows)

To just get the second column:

zip(*rows)[1]
-- 
Stephen Fairchild