MySQL Matrix manipulation in Python

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Threader Slash wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
> 
> My doubt is about matrix data manipulation in python - I hope someone 
> can point me some direction.
> 
> I googled around, but there is not much good examples about playing with 
> matrix in python on internet. 
> 
> My following function works pretty well, and gives me the outup from my 
> MySQL db:
> 
> * Code:
>     def employee(self, verifyName):            
>         runQuery= """.... = %s"""
>         self.cursor.execute(runQuery,(verifyName,))
>         for row in self.cursor.fetchall():
>             print row                     
>         print "Number of lines returned: %d" % self.cursor.rowcount  
>         print "tell column numbers: %d" % len(row)
> 
> * output
> 
> ('John', 'Plumber')
> ('Bill', 'Driver')
> ('Mark', 'Lawyer')
> Number of lines returned: 3
> tell column numbers: 2
> 
> Now, how can I transfer this output to provide a matrix with a content 
> like this:
> 
> my_array = [['John','Plumber'],
> ['Bill','Driver'],
> ['Mark','Lawyer']]
> 
> All comments and suggestions are highly appreciated! 
> 
my_array = [list(row) for row in self.cursor.fetchall()]