Creating multiple lists from file without long for loop

[ka06059]

i think the variables(target_id etc) are the reason why the codes look longer. if the codes can auto generate the variables will look shorter IMO

variables = 9
nestedlist = [[]]*variables #you have 9 variables(target_id... etc) so 9 lists in nestedlist generated. 
for line in target_file:
    if line.split()[0] != '#': 
        splitted = line.split()
        for i in range(variables):
            nestedlist[i] = nestedlist[i] + [ splitted[i]]

for index,variable in enumerate(nestedlist):
 print index,variable

the results stored in nestedlist, each index in printed result will correspond to variable (target_id,target_ra_deg) in order.