How to make a board in python?

I am trying to create a board that lets users choose the number of rows and columns but I can’t seem to put anything together!

For example if a user wants 3 rows and 3 columns I am trying to make it print out:

xxx
xxx
xxx

My code so far:

def main()
#ask for rows:
    print("Please choose the num of rows:")
    rows = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

#ask for columns:
    print("Please choose num of columns:")
    columns = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

#print rows:
    board = []
    
    for r in range(0, rows - 1):
      r = "x"
      print(r)

#print columns:
    for k in range(0, columns):
    board = board + ["x"]
   
    print(board)

main()

and this is what it outputs:

Please choose the number of rows:
Please enter a number: 3
Please choose the number of columns:
Please enter a number: 3

x
x
['x', 'x', 'x']

I feel really dumb for not being able to do something as basic as this but this was the best I was able to come up with! I sort of got it to print the number of rows / columns but i have no idea how to make it look “normal” or fill it in..

Can anyone more knowledgeable help me?

Thank you!

Answer

One of the many ways to do it:

for x in range(row):
    print('x '*col)

For example, row =3, col =3 then output :

x x x 
x x x 
x x x 

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Alternatively,

Create a list-

a=[]
for x in range(0, row):
    a.append(["x"] * col)

Then print it-

for row in a:
    print " ".join(row)