Re: I want this to work. [[]] * n

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Subject	Re: I want this to work. [[]] * n
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM, SherjilOzair <sherjilozair@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want a list which contains n lists, which are all different. I had
> read a page which was about the mutability of lists, and how the *
> operator on lists just does a shallow copy. But I can't find it now.
> Does anyone know of that page ?
>
> Either way, How to get a list of list, with all original lists ?

Bit more verbose, but...
[[] for i in range(n)]
is effective.

ChrisA

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I want this to work. [[]] * n SherjilOzair <sherjilozair@gmail.com> - 2011-06-13 15:37 -0700
  Re: I want this to work. [[]] * n Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 08:51 +1000
    Re: I want this to work. [[]] * n SherjilOzair <sherjilozair@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 00:38 -0700

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