On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Jared White <dukelx2005 at gmail.com> wrote: > howmany = int(raw_input('How many lines ')) > rhowmany = howmany > strout = '*' > while howmany > 0: > print strout > strout += '*' > howmany -= 1 Another hint: learn how to use the range() function and for loops: In [1]: for i in range(4) ...: print i 0 1 2 3 Kent