Use append to construct 2-dimension array

How to use array.append to construct or build 2-dimension array?

Here we go! Do it lie following step!

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#create two-dimensional array

arr = []

for line in startfile.readlines():

    littlearr = []

    for letter in line.strip():

        littlearr.append(letter)

    arr.append(littlearr)

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