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Python

Laknath Gunathilake
Laknath Gunathilake
1,860 Points
Posted by Laknath Gunathilake
Laknath Gunathilake
1,860 Points

trying to add a section, so that users can input state names

I'm trying to add a section, so that the user can input states to the list 

<p>
state_names=["Alabama","California","Oregon","Laknath"]
vowels=list('aeiou')
output=[]

while True:
    state_names.append(input('>'))
    continue 
    for state in state_names:
        state_list=list(state.lower())

        for vowel in vowels:
            while True:
                try:
                    state_list.remove(vowel)
                except:
                    break

        output.append(''.join(state_list).capitalize()) 

print(output)

<\p>,,,
Žiga Pregelj
Žiga Pregelj
18,126 Points
Žiga Pregelj
Žiga Pregelj
18,126 Points

On the first and quick look i gave, i think it would be better if you put your 

state_names.append(input('>'))
    continue

outside of the While loop, so that it would ask you first what states do you want to append to state_names and then proceed to the While loop and remove vowels from that states.

1 Answer

Matthew Hill
Matthew Hill
7,799 Points
Matthew Hill
Matthew Hill
7,799 Points

Your while True and continue here creates an infite loop. While True will always be True, and continue will always take you back to the start of your loop, avoiding all the code you've entered below:

<p>
while True:
    state_names.append(input('>'))
    continue
</p>

I can think of three ways you could do this, but I'll only show you one. First, you can add a count that is reduced each time you go through the loop (i.e. the user must enter excatly 5 states). Second, you could simply remove the loop so the user only adds 1 state. Third, you could try this:

<p>
while True:
    temp_string = (input("Enter a state, or 'D' when done: "))
    if temp_string[0].lower() == "d":
        break
    state_names.append(temp_string)
</p>