python 2.7 - How to store the result of a function in a list? -

i have got following function:

def second(n):     z =0     while z  < n:         z = z +1         in range(n):             print z 

the output second(3):

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 

i've tried several things, seem unable store "results" in list further use. has idea should try?

print doesn't save results - sends them (one @ time) standard output (stdout) display on screen. in order copy of results humbly suggest turn generator function using yield keyword. example:

>>> def second(n): ...     z =0 ...     while z  < n: ...         z = z +1 ...         in range(n): ...             yield z ...  >>> print list(second(3)) [1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3] 

in above code list() expands generator list of results can assign variable save. if want save list of results second(3) alternatively results = list(second(3)) instead of printing it.