30-seconds-of-code/snippets/initialize-list-with-values.md

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title	tags	cover	firstSeen	lastUpdated
Initialize list with values	list	dog-waiting	2019-08-20T14:12:06+03:00	2020-11-02T19:28:05+02:00

Initializes and fills a list with the specified value.

• Use a list comprehension and range() to generate a list of length equal to n, filled with the desired values.
• Omit val to use the default value of 0.

def initialize_list_with_values(n, val = 0):
  return [val for x in range(n)]

initialize_list_with_values(5, 2) # [2, 2, 2, 2, 2]