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sam
sam

Reputation: 19164

declaring and initialising 2d array in python

I am declaring multidimensional array in python

Nbrs[23][2] = [[1, 1], [1, 2], [2, 1], 
               [2, 3], [3, 2], [1, 3], 
               [3, 1], [1, 4], [3, 4], 
               [4, 3], [4, 1], [1, 5], 
               [2, 5], [3, 5], [4, 5], 
               [5, 4], [5, 3], [5, 2], 
               [5, 1], [1, 6], [5, 6], 
               [6, 5], [6, 1]
           ]

It gives me error as: 

NameError: name 'Nbrs' is not defined

I cannot declare 2 dimensional array in python by this way?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 209

Answers (3)

user2357112
user2357112

Reputation: 280207

That's not the right syntax. You don't need to include anything about the variable's type on the left-hand side; in particular, drop the dimensions.

Nbrs = [[1, 1], [1, 2], [2, 1], [2, 3], [3, 2], [1, 3], [3, 1], [1, 4], [3, 4], [4, 3], [4, 1], [1, 5], [2, 5], [3, 5], [4, 5], [5, 4], [5, 3], [5, 2], [5, 1], [1, 6], [5, 6], [6, 5], [6, 1]]

What you've written tries to assign to an element of Nbrs, which doesn't exist yet.

Upvotes: 1

Grijesh Chauhan
Grijesh Chauhan

Reputation: 58251

Assignment statement: 

Nbrs[23][2] = [[1, 1], [1, 2], [2
#    ^  ^ you can't index   Nbrs before it created

should be:

Nbrs = [[1, 1], [1, 2], [2
# now after this statement, Nbrs a list of list you can access 
# its elements useng `Nbrs[i][j]`  for i < len(Nbrs) and j < 2

I think you confuses because of C, C++ declarations!

Upvotes: 1

shuttle87
shuttle87

Reputation: 15924

You don't need to specify the dimensions when defining lists in python. When you type Nbrs[23][2] python is trying to find what's at [23][2] in Nbrs but in this case Nbrs doesn't exist because you are trying to define it for the first time here.

Instead do this:

Nbrs = [[1, 1], [1, 2], [2, 1], ....

Upvotes: 1

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