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Making list with predefined value

Jul 5th, 2000 10:01
Nathan Wallace, unknown unknown, Hans Nowak, Snippet 210, Python Snippet Support Team

"""
Packages: basic_datatypes.lists
"""
def predeflist(length, defaultvalue=None):
    """ Create a list with ®length¯ elements and an optional default value. """
    list = []
    for x in range(length): list.append(defaultvalue)
    return list[:]
if __name__ == "__main__":
    print predeflist(10, 2j)