gistfile1.py

## euler9

# import euler9
#  will give you access to the euler9 function from other scripts
#  and wrapping everything else in a main() function and putting it 
#  after the if __name__ block will keep that code from being executed
# if the file is simply imported.

def euler9():

	for k in range(0,33):
		for j in range(0,1000):
			for i in range(0,1000):
				if i*i + j*j == k*k:
					if i + j + k == 1000:
						return i*j*k

def main():
	print euler9()

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()