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Author steven.daprano
Recipients Abraham.Smith, docs@python, georg.brandl, steven.daprano
Date 2015-02-07.13:20:24
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This is already a FAQ:

https://docs.python.org/2/faq/programming.html#how-do-i-create-a-multidimensional-list

I guess this bites every beginning Python programmer, but it's a natural, and desirable, consequence of Python's object model and the fact that * does not copy the list items.
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Date User Action Args
2015-02-07 13:20:24steven.dapranosetrecipients: + steven.daprano, georg.brandl, docs@python, Abraham.Smith
2015-02-07 13:20:24steven.dapranosetmessageid: <1423315224.84.0.0963274643597.issue23406@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2015-02-07 13:20:24steven.dapranolinkissue23406 messages
2015-02-07 13:20:24steven.dapranocreate