# Author:   James Tam
# Veersion: November 21, 2022
# Learning objective: creating a variable sized 2D list using 2 calls to
# 'append':
#  1) First append adds an empty row to the list (line 13)
#  2) Second append adds sucessive elements to the newly created row (line 16)

aGrid = []
noRows = int(input("Number rows: "))
noColumns = int(input("Number columns: "))
#Create list
for r in range (0,noRows,1):
    aGrid.append ([])
    print(aGrid)
    for c in range (0,noColumns,1):
        #element = input("Type in a single character: ")
        aGrid.append("*")
    print(aGrid)
print(len(aGrid))
print(len(aGrid[0]))
        
print(aGrid)

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