Question

My question is simple:
“how to build a dynamic growing truth table in python in an elegant way?”

for n=3

for p in False, True:
    for q in False, True:
        for r in False, True:
            print '|{0} | {1} | {2} |'.format(int(p),int(q), int(r))

for n=4

for p in False, True:
    for q in False, True:
        for r in False, True:
            for s in False, True:
                print '|{0} | {1} | {2} | {3}'.format(int(p),int(q), int(r), int(s))

I would like to have a function which takes n as a parameter and builds up the table, it is not necessary
to print the table, returning a data structure representing the table is fine also.

Answer 1

Use itertools.product():

table = list(itertools.product([False, True], repeat=n))

Result for n = 3:

[(False, False, False),
 (False, False, True),
 (False, True, False),
 (False, True, True),
 (True, False, False),
 (True, False, True),
 (True, True, False),
 (True, True, True)]