ah, and sorry for that 'unreadable' code, but that was our first try of coding ever. we're working through the python documentaion right now - and - thanks to the post by STeVe we at last now that we have to construct a class for our purpose.
Well, you don't *have* to -- it could be done all with lists as you had. But I think you'll find that it lends itself to a much cleaner solution. Also, if you ever find yourself writing a list of 5 or more if statements, you're probably not going at the problem from the easiest angle. Ask around, tell people what you're trying to do, and what you think your if statements are doing now, and they can probably point you to the easier way.
STeVe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
