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Python

Karrar Al Arbo
Karrar Al Arbo
559 Points
Posted by Karrar Al Arbo
Karrar Al Arbo
559 Points

practice creating and indexing list

i solved the practice task but i dont know if my way of thinking is correct i mean regardless of wt if the user enter something else than yes or no

i would love to see how others solved it - to open my eyes at things i might no ve seen 

players = []                                                                    # empty list to maintain the player names
add_player = input("do you want to add a player ? yes / no : ")                 # Ask the user if they'd like to add players to the list.
add_another=add_player
if add_player == "yes":                                                         # If the user answers "Yes", let them type in a name and add it to the list.
    player = players.append(input("Enter player names : "))

    add_another = input("do you want to add another player ? yes / no : ")

    while add_another == "yes":

        player = players.append(input("Enter player names : "))

        add_another = input("do you want to add another player ? yes / no : ")

if add_another == "no":                                                              # If the user answers "No", print out the team 'roster'

        print(f"we have {len(players)} players")   
        n = 0                                                                        # print the number of players on the team
        for name in players:                                                         # loop - Print the player number and the player name
            n += 1
            print(f"player {n} name: {name}")                                        # The player number should start at the number one


        gatekeeper = input("who is the gatekeeper as player number? : ")             # Ask the user to select a gatekeeper from the list of players
        gatekeeper = players[int(gatekeeper) - 1]                                   
        print(f"the gatekeeper is {gatekeeper}")                                           # Print the name of the gatekeeper

        print("Thank you for playing!")

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
244,139 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
244,139 Points

Your code is fine as is, but I understand you want to handle other answers also. Here's one way to do it:

add_player = input("do you want to add a player ? yes / no : ")              # Ask the user if they'd like to add players to the list.
while add_player != "no":
    if add_player == "yes":                                                  # If the user answers "yes", let them type in a name and add it to the list.
        player = players.append(input("Enter player name : "))
    else:                                                                    # If the user answers something else, try again
        print("try again, and please answer only \"yes\" or \"no\"")
    add_player = input("do you want to add another player ? yes / no : ")

# the loop ends when the user answered "no"
print(f"we have {len(players)} players")