""" Purpose: stepping stone to nested looping
"""

# get n
reply = input( "Enter number of columns: " )
n = int( reply )

# performed repeated printing of a number series
#    print a line of the form row : 0 1 2 ... n-1

#    to do so need to first print the row : part
print( "row :" , end=" " ) # separate things by a space
                            # same as print( "row : " , end="" )
#    then on same line print out the values 0 1 2 ... n-1 one after the other
for c in range( 0,n ):
    print( c, end=" " )

print() # this is the print statement that gets us to a new line because there is no end=
# when there is no end value specified, python will default to new line "\n"
print( "\n\n\n\n\n" )
print( "are we on a new line yet?" )