Just want to try another way to get the same result

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I just want to find another way to done what the video done but the code is always error, hoping someone can help me:

# ask for new items
user_input_1 = input("What you want to put in the list? ").split()  
#why i'm using split, because I want make it from string to list, then i can use extend later 

# once user enter anyting, variabe user_input_1 should be True, the interesting thing is if I type "if user_input_1 is True“ it will error "user_input_1 is not defined, so here I have to thought it is False:
if not user_input_1 is True:
    user_input_2 = input("Enter 'DONE' to quit this app").split()


# after user entered DONE, add 'DONE' to list user_input_1
if user_input_2 == ['DONE']:
    user_input_1.extend(['DONE'])
else:
    print("Please enter right word 'DONE'")

# using for loop, once it find 'DONE', it will stop and print out all things
for show in user_input_1:
    if user_intput_1 == 'DONE':
        break
    print(show)

Answer 1 · 2016-10-22T22:11:07Z

October 22, 2016 10:11pm

Hi, I think your error happens when your try to compare your users second input with your ['DONE'] list. I put in your code into the console and if user_input_2 == ['DONE'] threw a syntax error. So I cant really explain why it doesnt work but I can offer a solution. You can check for the same thing using

if 'DONE' in user_input_2: etc etc

and likewise for your for loop

Then your code should be somewhat functional even though it will always run only once since there is no way to return to the top without the use of function or a while loop encapsulating the whole thing :) sorry for not formatting my post but I'm currently on the phone.

EDIT: To transform something into a list you can simply use the list() function.

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Just want to try another way to get the same result

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