from __future__ import print_function import time # Map "range" to an efficient range in both Python 2 and 3. try: range = xrange except NameError: pass start = time.clock() list = [] for i in range(0, 1000000): list.append(i) sum = 0 for i in list: sum += i print(sum) print("elapsed: " + str(time.clock() - start))