I've been given the pseudo-code:
for i= 1 to 3
for j = 1 to 3
board [i] [j] = 0
next j
next i
How would I create this in python?
(The idea is to create a 3 by 3 array with all of the elements set to 0 using a for loop).
If you really want to use for-loops:
>>> board = []
>>> for i in range(3):
... board.append([])
... for j in range(3):
... board[i].append(0)
...
>>> board
[[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
But Python makes this easier for you:
>>> board = [[0]*3 for _ in range(3)]
>>> board
[[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
nums = [[0]*4]*4 and it works fine. Is it right method?
nums[0][0] = 1 and see what nums becomes.arr=[[0,0,0] for i in range(3)] # create a list with 3 sublists containing [0,0,0]
arr
Out[1]: [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
If you want an list with 5 sublists containing 4 0's:
In [29]: arr=[[0,0,0,0] for i in range(5)]
In [30]: arr
Out[30]:
[[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0]]
The range specifies how many sublists you want, ranges start at 0, so ranges 4 is 0,1,2,3,4.
gives you five [0,0,0,0]
Using the list comprehension is the same as:
arr=[]
for i in range(5):
arr.append([0,0,0,0])
arr
[[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0]]
If you want something closer to your pseudocode:
board = []
for i in range(3):
board.append([])
for j in range(3):
board[i].append(0)
numpy has something for this:
numpy.zeros((3,3))
You can use the style of pseudocode given or simply just use a python one liner
chess_board = [[x]*3 for _ in range(y)] --> list comprehension
or you can use the plain loop style of other languages like java. I prefer the one liner as it looks much nicer and cleaner.
