What is the best way to create a string array in python?

Question

I'm relatively new to Python and it's libraries and I was wondering how I might create a string array with a preset size. It's easy in java but I was wondering how I might do this in python.

So far all I can think of is

strs = ['']*size 

And some how when I try to call string methods on it, the debugger gives me an error X operation does not exist in object tuple.

And if it was in java this is what I would want to do.

String[] ar = new String[size]; Arrays.fill(ar,""); 

Please help.

Error code

    strs[sum-1] = strs[sum-1].strip('\(\)') AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'strip' 

Question: How might I do what I can normally do in Java in Python while still keeping the code clean.

Answer 1

In python, you wouldn't normally do what you are trying to do. But, the below code will do it:

strs = ["" for x in range(size)]