Defining a list in Python using the multiply operator

Question

Recently in Python I have encountered this statement:

board.append([\' \'] * 8)

I have tried to search the Internet with Google to find som

Answer 1

It works like this:

>>> L = [0]*10
>>> L
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
>>> 

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