Why does [0] * 5 create a list [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], rather than [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]?
Doesn’t the * operator duplicate [0] 5 times resulting in [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]?
Why does [0] * 5 create a list [0, 0, 0, 0, 0] ,
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Why does [0] * 5 create a list [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], rather than [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]?
Doesn’t the * operator duplicate [0] 5 times resulting in [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]?
No, it multiplies elements and [0] list (just like mathematical set) has one element 0, not [[0]].