[Numpy-discussion] a 'for' loop within another 'for' loop?

[Hee-Seng Kye]

Hi.  I wrote a program to calculate sums of every possible combinations 
of two indices of a list.  The main body of the program looks something 
like this:

r = [0,2,5,6,8]
l = []

for x in range(0, len(r)):
     for y in range(0, len(r)):
         k = r[x]+r[y]
         l.append(k)
print l

1. I've heard that it's not a good idea to have a 'for' loop within 
another 'for' loop, and I was wondering if there is a more efficient 
way to do this.

2. Does anyone know if there is a built-in function or module that 
would do the above task in NumPy or Numarray (or even in Python)?

I would really appreciate it if anyone could let me know.

Thanks for your help!
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