# Author:   James Tam
# Veersion: November 21, 2022
# Learning objective:
# * In the context of the append method knowing exactly what 'level'
#   (reference, whole list, row, element in a list (at a row/column)
#   that an instruction refers to.
aGrid = []
noRows = int(input("Number rows: "))
noColumns = int(input("Number columns: "))
#Create list
for r in range (0,noRows,1):
    aGrid.append ([])
    for c in range (0,noColumns,1):
        aGrid.append("*")


#print(aGrid)

#print("type of the list", type(aGrid))
#print("type of the list", type(aGrid[1]))

#print("# elements", len(aGrid))
#print("# cols", len(aGrid[0]))

#Hard coded 2D list
#anotherGrid = [[1,2,3],
#              [3,2,1]]




#print("anotherGrid: type of information for 2nd element (1D list or string)", type(anotherGrid[1]))
#print("aGrid: type of information for 2nd element (1D list or string)", type(aGrid[1]))
#Display list
#for r in range (0,2,1):
#   for c in range (0,3,1):
#      print(anotherGrid[r][c], end="")
#   print()

#print("type of the list", type(anotherGrid))
#print("type of the list", type(anotherGrid[1]))

#print("# elements", len(anotherGrid))
#print("# cols", len(anotherGrid[0]))


#Display list
for r in range (0,noRows,1):
   for c in range (0,noColumns,1):
      print(aGrid[r][c], end="")
   print()