Newbie: How do I implement an 2 element integer array in Python.?

[Rainer Deyke]

"Aahz Maruch" <aahz at panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <7U%E5.61379$g6.27618408 at news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>,
> Rainer Deyke <root at rainerdeyke.com> wrote:
> ><jbranthoover at my-deja.com> wrote in message
> >news:8s1s48$89a$1 at nnrp1.deja.com...
> >>
> >> What is the syntax for creating a 2 element integer array?  I
> >> have looked at the Array  Module documentation,  but I am afraid that I
> >> don’t quite understand it.  In Basic I would do something like:
> >>
> >> Dim MyArray(100,16)
> >
> >In Python 1.6 and above, list comprehensions are probably your best bet.
> >
> >MyArray = [[0 for i in range(16)] for j in range(100)]
> >MyArray[5][4] = 7
>
> Why zero rather than None?

I think BASIC initializes to 0 (although I could be wrong here).  Therefore
0 is most consistent with the original poster's experience.  There are cases
where None is the better choice, but there are also cases where 0 is
superior (example: the array is used to store accumulators).


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