for thing in tenlist: first = assigner(tenlist[0]) listlength -= 1 if listlength == 0: break second = assigner(tenlist[1]) listlength -= 1 if listlength == 0: break third = assigner(tenlist[2]) listlength -= 1 if listlength == 0: break fourth = assigner(tenlist[3]) listlength -= 1 if listlength == 0: break fifth = assigner(tenlist[4]) listlength -= 1 if listlength == 0: break sixth = assigner(tenlist[5]) listlength -= 1 if listlength == 0: break seventh = assigner(tenlist[6]) listlength -= 1 if listlength == 0: break eigth = assigner(tenlist[7]) listlength -= 1 if listlength == 0: break nineth = assigner(tenlist[8]) listlength -= 1 if listlength == 0: break tenth = assigner(tenlist[9]) stuff = [first, second, third, fourth] print stuff[0 and 1]