Initialize List with Values

Introduction

In Python, a list is a collection of items that are ordered and changeable. Sometimes, we need to initialize a list with a specific value or set of values. In this challenge, you will create a function that initializes and fills a list with the specified value.

Initialize List with Values

Write a function initialize_list_with_values(n, val=0) that takes in two parameters:

• n (integer) representing the length of the list to be created.
• val (integer) representing the value to be used to fill the list. If val is not provided, the default value of 0 should be used.

The function should return a list of length n filled with the specified value.

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]

Summary

In this challenge, you learned how to initialize and fill a list with a specified value using a list comprehension and the range() function. You also learned how to set a default value for a function parameter.