Get a list of string as input from user in loop python

Question

I am new to python, this is a basic question

How do you get a list of string as input from the user? I tried:

array = []
for i in range(0,4):
    array[i] = input("Enter string")

This has an error. I know I am wrong. How do we get a list of strings as input?

Append them forms a line, I want a list. That can be accessible like array[i]. Does appending help this — vba, Mar 22 '17 at 21:59
Append works. I though it would be like in c# where it appends to a string already. Thanks! — vba, Mar 22 '17 at 22:04

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 22 '17 at 22:00

2

Your array has size 0, this is why you can't access any elements (or assign to them). The correct code would be:

array = []
for i in range(4):
    array.append(input("Enter string"))

edited Mar 22 '17 at 22:00

answered Mar 22 '17 at 21:59

Sekuraz

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 22 '17 at 22:00

2

Try this:

for i in range(4):
    array.append(input("Enter string >>"))

Since your array doesn't have any values yet, assigning to array[i] would not work.

edited Mar 22 '17 at 22:00

answered Mar 22 '17 at 22:00

Jeremiah

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 22 '17 at 22:05

2

Concise:

array = [input("Enter string: ") for i in range(4)]

answered Mar 22 '17 at 22:05

Spherical Cowboy

1

Indeed this is elegant but in python 2x input() evaluates the string as a variable and throws a NameError. In python 2x I would recommend using raw_input() rather than input(). But since this question is tagged under python3x it's preferred :D – repzero Mar 22 '17 at 22:16
Thanks for noting this in case someone using Python 2 tries to use it. Links to the relevant entries in the Python 2 documentation: [input](https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#input) & [raw_input](https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#raw_input) – Spherical Cowboy Mar 22 '17 at 22:29

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 23 '20 at 09:52

0

when range limit is unknown i.e., when (n) needs to be taken as an input from the user,

n = int(input("Enter the number of names in list for input:"))
a = [input() for i in range(n)]

answered May 23 '20 at 09:52

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