# code taken from activestate.com

import threading
from time import sleep, ctime

loops = [4,2,3,2]


def calc(nloop, nsec):
	
	for i in range(1,10):
		sleep(nsec)
		print 'thread',nloop,' ' ,i


#print 'starting at:', ctime()
threads = []
nloops = range(len(loops))

for i in nloops:
    t = threading.Thread(target=calc,args=(i, loops[i]))
    threads.append(t)

for i in nloops:           
    threads[i].start()

for i in nloops:           
    threads[i].join()      

print 'all DONE at:', ctime()