Python list confusion [duplicate]

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Your hunch about copying addresses is correct. Think about it like this:

sub_list = [0] * 10
a_list = [sub_list] * 10

This code is actually equivalent to the code you have posted above. What this means is that you are actually changing the same list sub_list whenever you change any element of a_list. You can even make sure of it by typing:

a_list = [[0] * 10] * 10
for n in a_list:
    print id(n)

And it will show up the same for every element. To remedy this, you should use:

a_list = [[0] * 10 for _ in range(10)]

In order to create a new sublist for every element of a_list.

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