How do I initialize a list please?

[Gerhard Häring]

* OUTLand <cmfinlay at SPAMmagnet.com.au> [2003-01-01 02:07 +1100]:
> How do I initialize a list please?
> In Python
> I want to create a list with the same value each time.
> 
> my current way is
> 
> QUOTE
> dim = [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, \
>               1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
> UNQUOTE

dim = [1.0] * 10

But don't do this for two-dimensional arrays:

dim = [[1.0] * 10] * 10

as this will give you a list with ten references to the *same* inner
list.

Gerhard
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