On Tuesday 10 August 2004 12:23, Angus Leeming wrote: > Ok, Jose. The ignorant one strikes again. > > How do I initialise a list of 25 items to 0? > In C++ > std::vector<int> path_bins(25, 0); > > In python, I've got: > > path_bins = [] > for i in range(0, 25): > path_bins.append(0) > > which feels 'sub-optimal' ;-)
path_bins = [0] * 25 This works for all types whose addition is defined. You know if n is an integer then a * n will be a+....+a (n times), quite natural. :-) This is one of the reasons why I like python. -- José Abílio
