the_count = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
fruits = ['apples', 'oranges', 'pears', 'apricots']
change = [1, 'pennies', 2, 'dimes', 3, 'quarters']

# this first kind of for- loop goes through a list
for number in the_count:
    print "This is count %d" % number

# same as above
for fruit in fruits:
    print "A fruit of type: %s" % fruit

# also we can go through mixed lists too  
# notice we have to use %r since we don't know what's in it
for i in change:
    print "I got %r" % i

# we can also build lists, first start with an empty one  
elements = range(0, 6)

# then use the range function to do 0 to 5 counts   
#for i in range(0, 6):
#    print "Adding %d to the list." % i
    # append is a function that lists understand
#    elements.append(i)

# now we can print them out too
for i in elements:
    print "Element was %d" % i  

if (7 in elements):
    print "Hello World"
else:
    print "Sorry not in the list"     

print "Min element in elements is %d" % min(elements)  
print "Max element in the elements list is %d" % max(elements)  

elements.reverse()
print "List:", elements

