import threading import datetime txFile = list("-" for i in range(6)) print txFile class ThreadClass(threading.Thread): def run(self): # now = datetime.datetime.now() # print "%s says Hello World at time: %s" % (self.getName(), now) txFile[int(self.getName())] = self.getName() for i in range(6): t = ThreadClass(name = str(i)) t.start() print txFile