Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.022 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'operator': 0.05; 'am,': 0.14; 'received:209.85.214.174': 0.14; 'received:mail- iw0-f174.google.com': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; '[[]': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'mutability': 0.16; 'shallow': 0.16; 'verbose,': 0.16; 'tue,': 0.17; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'received:209.85.214': 0.28; 'lists': 0.29; 'bit': 0.30; 'but...': 0.30; 'anyone': 0.32; "can't": 0.32; 'does': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'list': 0.33; 'lists,': 0.36; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.37; 'page': 0.37; 'but': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.39; 'either': 0.39; 'list,': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'more': 0.60; 'subject:this': 0.76; 'different.': 0.84; 'subject:want': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=oNaghGjRe1GxCzeGbA3cuBlNjqG+orVnDJVdQlsiJQo=; b=C42zy4mJYcqpllMLUFCV4q/CNvWw+OxePZ4W1lf3QfavdbG5ZHbrO8oSGLC5S2OR/o d9Hc5ZgNS/Ul8Y4iTak/5np7wySocPeiCZlaXGCR959wBRgFTYYnmLUAPK6LNTCBNBAF wifZ5fyqu0TjMb2Tl3CDznHjnylL5Wbsi0l74= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=dk2RFmhuzd3EBfdRqHWQpnlZw8wtpqoKljE1OVXEa3/DRlnhx1q9xzZFThy9VlI87N isisbg4DM75PD18breBipFMKzZtYWGpokTpRmHNIDkgmk9s8FRDev+94j2w89NTzFAWu 3SQpclynk2NgHOp7BBq4jNOYvJ7ivkoDROXIo= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <45f5e602-b196-43b4-97cd-5fa8d4b7058c@h12g2000pro.googlegroups.com> References: <45f5e602-b196-43b4-97cd-5fa8d4b7058c@h12g2000pro.googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:38 +1000 Subject: Re: I want this to work. [[]] * n From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1308005500 news.xs4all.nl 49046 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:40765 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:7568 On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM, SherjilOzair 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