def square(a): x = a * a return a def cube(a): l = [1, 2, 4] t = (1, 2, 3) d = {1: 'one', 2: 'two', 'three': 3} s = u'unixcode' x = xrange(1, 10) b = buffer("xxx") x = square(a) x = x * a x = x + 1 x = x - 1 return x def main(): print cube(3) print cube(4) print cube(5) if __name__ == '__main__': main()