initializing list with number of elements given by a variable

[Andy Gimblett]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 11:22:46AM +0200, Oliver Pust wrote:

> So something like this:
> 
> >>> length_of_list = 6
> >>> list = ????????? # what to place here, is the question
> >>> print list
> >>> [0,0,0,0,0,0]    # the resulting list should look like this

Here ya go:

>>> l = [0] * 6   
>>> l
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

Cheers,

Andy

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