x = 5
while 0 < x
    b  = raw_input("something: ")

for i in range(4):
    for item in ['a,b,c,d']:
        item = raw_input("something: ")
 
something: 7
something: 8
something: 9
something: 2
>>> item
'2'
 
>>> #If you whant to store all values put them into a list
>>> l = []
for i in range(4):
    for item in ['a,b,c,d']:
        item = raw_input("something: ")
        l.append(item)
 
 
something: 8
something: 9
something: 6
something: test
>>> l
['8', '9', '6', 'test']
>>>

List = []
for x in xrange(5): List.append(raw_input(""))

a = [raw_input('>')for x in range(5)]