Matrix multiplication in Python

rows=2
cols=3
M1=[[1,2,3],
    [4,5,6]]
M2=[[7,8],
    [9,10],
    [11,12]]
my_list=[]

for  l_row in range(0,rows):
    temp_list=[]
    for k in range(0,rows):
        sum1=0
        for l_col in range(0,cols):
            sum1=sum1+(M1[l_row][l_col]*M2[l_col][k])
        
        temp_list.append(sum1)
    my_list.append(temp_list)    
for row in my_list:
    print(row)

[58, 64]
[139, 154]

from random import randrange
rows=4
cols=4
M1=[]
M2=[]
for j in range(0,rows):
    temp1=[]
    for k in range(0,cols):
        x=randrange(10)
        temp1.append(x)
        #print(x)
    M1.append(temp1)    
print(M1)
print("M1 shown above ")

for j in range(0,cols):
    temp1=[]
    for k in range(0,rows):
        x=randrange(10)
        temp1.append(x)
    M2.append(temp1)    
print(M2)
print('M2 is shown above ')
my_list=[]

for  l_row in range(0,rows):
    temp_list=[]
    sum1=0
    for k in range(0,rows):
        sum1=0
        
        for l_col in range(0,cols):
            sum1=sum1+(M1[l_row][l_col]*M2[l_col][k])
        temp_list.append(sum1)
    my_list.append(temp_list)    
for row in my_list:
    print(row)

[[3, 3, 8, 3], [0, 3, 8, 0], [3, 5, 4, 7], [7, 5, 6, 9]]
M1 shown above 
[[4, 5, 1, 2], [5, 6, 3, 6], [9, 7, 3, 2], [8, 4, 1, 6]]
M2 is shown above 
[123, 101, 39, 58]
[87, 74, 33, 34]
[129, 101, 37, 86]
[179, 143, 49, 110]

print("Using Numpy and checking result")    
import numpy as np
res = np.dot(M1,M2) 
print(res)

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