The following is purely untested code. Check indentation, syntax and logic, but should be closer to what you want.
In Python there's usually a way to avoid writing explicit loops with counters and such. There's an incredibly powerful list comprehension syntax that lets you construct lists in one line. To wit, here's an alternate way to write your second for loop.
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