Generally usefull builtin functions
>>> range(low, high, step)
Return a list of integers  [low, low+step,…,high]
>>> len(sequence)
Return the number of elements in a sequence
>>> raw_input(prompt)
Return a string from the user
>>> eval(a_string)
Evaluate the python expression in the string
>>> input(prompt)
Equivalent to eval(raw_input(prompt))