这样做:

>>> d = [ [ None for y in range( 2 ) ] for x in range( 2 ) ]
>>> d
[[None, None], [None, None]]
>>> d[0][0] = 1
>>> d
[[1, None], [None, None]]

其他的解决方案会导致这样的问题:

>>> d = [ [ None ] * 2 ] * 2
>>> d
[[None, None], [None, None]]
>>> d[0][0] = 1
>>> d
[[1, None], [1, None]]

>>> n = 5                     #length of list
>>> list = [None] * n         #populate list, length n with n entries "None"
>>> print(list)
[None, None, None, None, None]

>>> list.append(1)            #append 1 to right side of list
>>> list = list[-n:]          #redefine list as the last n elements of list
>>> print(list)
[None, None, None, None, 1]

>>> list.append(1)            #append 1 to right side of list
>>> list = list[-n:]          #redefine list as the last n elements of list
>>> print(list)
[None, None, None, 1, 1]

>>> list.append(1)            #append 1 to right side of list
>>> list = list[-n:]          #redefine list as the last n elements of list
>>> print(list)
[None, None, 1, 1, 1]

或者一开始就什么都没有:

>>> n = 5                     #length of list
>>> list = []                 # create list
>>> print(list)
[]

>>> list.append(1)            #append 1 to right side of list
>>> list = list[-n:]          #redefine list as the last n elements of list
>>> print(list)
[1]

在append的第4次迭代中:

>>> list.append(1)            #append 1 to right side of list
>>> list = list[-n:]          #redefine list as the last n elements of list
>>> print(list)
[1,1,1,1]

5及所有后续:

>>> list.append(1)            #append 1 to right side of list
>>> list = list[-n:]          #redefine list as the last n elements of list
>>> print(list)
[1,1,1,1,1]

您可以尝试使用Descriptor来限制大小

class fixedSizeArray(object):
    def __init__(self, arraySize=5):
        self.arraySize = arraySize
        self.array = [None] * self.arraySize

    def __repr__(self):
        return str(self.array)

    def __get__(self, instance, owner):
        return self.array

    def append(self, index=None, value=None):
        print "Append Operation cannot be performed on fixed size array"
        return

    def insert(self, index=None, value=None):
        if not index and index - 1 not in xrange(self.arraySize):
            print 'invalid Index or Array Size Exceeded'
            return
        try:
            self.array[index] = value
        except:
            print 'This is Fixed Size Array: Please Use the available Indices'


arr = fixedSizeArray(5)
print arr
arr.append(100)
print arr
arr.insert(1, 200)
print arr
arr.insert(5, 300)
print arr

输出:

[None, None, None, None, None]
Append Operation cannot be performed on fixed size array
[None, None, None, None, None]
[None, 200, None, None, None]
This is Fixed Size Array: Please Use the available Indices
[None, 200, None, None, None]

>>> import numpy
>>> x = numpy.zeros((3,4))
>>> x
array([[ 0.,  0.,  0.,  0.],
       [ 0.,  0.,  0.,  0.],
       [ 0.,  0.,  0.,  0.]])
>>> y = numpy.zeros(5)   
>>> y
array([ 0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.])

X是二维数组，y是一维数组。它们都是0初始化的。

如果你正在使用字节，你可以使用内置的bytearray。如果使用其他整型，请查看内置数组。

明确地理解列表不是数组。

例如，如果你试图创建一个缓冲区来读取文件内容，你可以使用bytearray，如下所示(还有更好的方法，但这个例子是有效的):

with open(FILENAME, 'rb') as f:
    data = bytearray(os.path.getsize(FILENAME))
    f.readinto(data)

在这个代码片段中，bytearray内存被预先分配为固定长度的FILENAMEs大小(以字节为单位)。这种预分配允许使用缓冲区协议更有效地将文件读入可变缓冲区，而无需复制数组。还有更好的方法来做到这一点，但我相信这为你的问题提供了一个答案。

最好的办法是使用numpy库。

from numpy import ndarray

a = ndarray((5,),int)