def average(numList):
	# the average of a list of numbers is eqaul to
	# sum(list) / count(numbers in the list)
	# count is going to keep track of the sum, it starts at 0
	count = 0
	print("The list we are using is " + str(numList))
	# for every number in the numList
	for number in numList:
		print("Count is at " + str(count) + " and we are adding " + str(number))
		# add it to the current count and set count to the new sum
		count = count + number
	# once the above for loop is complete we will have added all of the numbers in the list
	avg = count / len(numList)
	# return the avg
	return avg

# average(list) evaluates to a single number which the average function returns
# myAvg is set to that number
myAvg = average([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10])

print("myAvg = " + str(myAvg))