Python multi-dimensional array initialization without a loop

Question

Is there a way in Python to initialize a multi-dimensional array / list without using a loop?

Answer 1

The following does not use any special library, nor eval:

arr = [[0]*5 for x in range(6)]

and it doesn't create duplicated references:

>>> arr[1][1] = 2
>>> arr
[[0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
 [0, 2, 0, 0, 0],
 [0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
 [0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
 [0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
 [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]