Creating a list in Python with multiple copies of a given object in a single line

Question

Suppose I have a given Object (a string \"a\", a number - let\'s say 0, or a list [\'x\',\'y\'] )

I\'d like to create list containing many copies of thi

Answer 1

You could do something like

x = 
n = 
L = [x for i in xrange(n)]

Substitute range(n) for Python 3.