Question about broadcasting

[RJDennis]

Suppose I run the following

w = fill(zeros(3,3),3)
w[1] .= rand(3,3)

I expected the result would have the first matrix in w given random numbers with the remaining two matrices remaining zeros, but this is not the case. I know that if I simply do

w[1] = rand(3,3)

then I will get the answer I want, but I am going to be repeatedly updating the entries in w and I want to minimize allocations. What is the syntax to use broadcasting to update a single matrix in w?

[Oscar_Smith]

You want w = [zeros(3,3) for _ in 1:3]

[jling]

Threaded push! different for supposedly similar array initializations

julia> Y = fill(Int[],3); julia> push!(Y[1], 9) 1-element Vector{Int64}: 9 julia> Y 3-element Vector{Vector{Int64}}: [9] [9] [9] julia> X = [Int[] for i=1:3] julia> push!(X[1], 9) 1-element Vector{Int64}: 9 julia> X 3-element Vector{Vector{Int64}}: [9] [] []