Getting started in python in maya

gettingStartedMaya.py

import maya.cmds as cmds

cubeList = cmds.ls( 'myCube*' )
if len(cubeList) > 1: 
    cmds.delete(cubeList)


result = cmds.polyCube (w=1, h=1, d=1, name='myCube#')
#print ('result:' + str(result))

transformName = result[0]

for i in range( 0, 50):
    instanceResult = cmds.instance( transformName, name = transformName + '_instance#')
    #print( 'instanceResult:' + str(instanceResult))
    cmds.move( 0, i, 0, instanceResult)







#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXFGeZZbMzQ
#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8NDq1ciuGE

#maya mel - http://www.polyextrude.com/tutorials/MelScripting/chapter3/array.html