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

Recursion is your friend :D

It's a pretty naive implementation but it works!

dim = [2, 2, 2]

def get_array(level, dimension):
    if( level != len(dimension) ):
        return [get_array(level+1, dimension) for i in range(dimension[level])]
    else:
        return 0

print get_array(0, dim)