title: Create new List object in python
body: <p>I am a beginner in python. I want to Create new List object in python.</p>
  
  <p><strong>My Code:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>recordList=[]
  
  mappedDictionay={}
  
  sectionGroupName= None
  
  for record in recordCols:
      item = record
      print item
  
      if not sectionGroupName == record[0]:
          sectionGroupName = record[0]
          del recordList[0:] # Here I want to create new list object for recordList
          recordList.append(item)
          mappedDictionay[sectionGroupName] = recordList
      else:
          recordList.append(tempItem)
  </code></pre>