It's not homework. It's just for a game online, for fun. It does give you a list of numbers in a row, and $n is the number of numbers that are in that row. I've solved the game through the code I have, but now I'm trying to shorten it as much as possible and use better methods to accomplish the task. It's just a fun learning thing, and can be done in any way you choose. The code I provided was the way I solved it, but I know there are other possibilities and better options which is why I'm looking for help on some of it.
I don't really know why I would need $n, unless like you said to go thr