Dynamically create a List of Lists

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Hi there, new joiner here (and beginner coder)
I need some help :frowning: I have a project that needs a control table. This control table has 3 cols (A, B, & C) and its length (number of columns) is determined at run time, when the table is created. Col A is also populated when the table gets created, Cols B & C are initially null, and their entries are changed as the code progresses. I hope his makes sense!

I was implementing this in Scratch as 3 separate lists using the index to tie it all together, but it became really complicated when needing to read, add, change a row. Then I read about “list of Lists” in Snap.

I am stuck on: How do I create a the table, 3 by X when I don’t know the X? Also when a 3 by 10 table has been created at run time, how do change a single entry in the table , for example in the 2nd col?

Any help to point me in the right direction would really be appreciated

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Create a list of empty lists, and when you find X, add items to the inner lists.
Use the item block with the outer list to get the inner lists.

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Do you mean "number of rows" ?

This might work:
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Awesome !!!

Thats exactly what I needed - and yes there was a typo above!

Tested with and totally get what its doing... On with the the project !

Thank you

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Wait, if the three columns are the same length, are their contents related? I mean, does the fifth thing in column A go with the fifth thing in column B and the fifth thing in column C? If so, I wouldn't make a list of columns at all. I'd make a list of rows! Then you can add a new entry with

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Starting is easier too; instead of starting with a list of three empty lists, you just start with a plain old empty list.

Edit: Oh, wait, you want to start with values only in A, but that's fine, you just
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What's the application? Are you writing an LALR parser or something?

Oh, and, welcome to Snap!!

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I thought I'd update the post (for others) Both versions work, see test implementations below... I got tguneysu's version to work, but bh your version is really simple... I should have figured this out myself.

as for the project: my son & I are trying to build a simulation of the card game Rummy...

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