a programming logic class using pseudocode as primary language.

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I'm trying to prompt the user for 5 items,
my goal is to set these items into a list,
then print the list.
I'm stuck at this point, all it does is print last inputed item.

#List[items] and print them.

promptcounter = 0

while promptcounter < 6:
    print('input up to 5 items.' + str(promptcounter))
    list = []
    item = input()
    item = str(item)
    list.append(item)
    promptcounter = promptcounter + 1
print (list)
    

: item = input()
: item = str(item)
: list.append(item)
: promptcounter = promptcounter + 1
: print (list)
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: [/code]:
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If you put the line
print(list)
immediately following the append line, you'll see that list isn't actually being appended with item at all. It's merely being made equal to the value of item. This explains why it seems to only print the last item to be input.
Hope that helps steer you in the right direction.

Pat

thanks! i totally understand now, it kept redefining list[] as a blank list, appending only the last inputed item during the last itteration of the while loop

#List[items] and print them.

promptcounter = 1

list = []

while promptcounter < 6:
   print('input up to 5 items.' + str(promptcounter))
   promptcounter = promptcounter + 1
   item = input()
   item = str(item)
   list.append(item)

print (list)