Offtopic: Python in Maya

[Christian Gotzinger]

Hi list,

I'm rather new to Python, and while I've got many things worked out nicely
in SI already, we are trying to implement some of this stuff in Maya as
well.
Sorry for this simple question, but could somebody tell me the Maya
equivalent for this?

for i in range(5):
    MySphere = Application.CreatePrim("Sphere", "MeshSurface", "", "")
    MySphere.PosY = i

I want to set attributes without having to move and rotate commands.

Thank you!