""" To add the integers from 1 to 10: """ total=0 for i in range(11): total += i print total """ The range function generates a list of 11 numbers starting with 0, so the numbers from 0 to 10. The for loop goes through assigning each element of the list to the variable i. """ ## To print a list of names, one per line: names=['sanjoy', 'jan', 'ian'] for person in names: print person """ Or you can more simply do >>> print names which prints the list of names on one line. """