Printing lists

[acooper7]

Hello,

I am somewhat new to Python, although I know the basics.

I am trying to print out a list, but when it prints it will only print the first letter of the first item, and then each item afterward is normal.

Here is my code:

#this loop should allow user to keep adding names to the schedule
    #until they type in the work 'stop'

    people = []
    print("")
    print("Please enter the employee names that are on the schedule \
today. Press return after each name. When finished, type 'stop'")
    names = input("Enter employee name: ")
    

    for name in names:
        while name.lower() != "stop":
            people.append(name)
            name = input("Enter employee name: ")
        else:
            print("")
            print("Here are the people you listed for the schedule today:")
            for x in people:
                print(x)
            break

And this is the output:

Output:
Please enter the employee names that are on the schedule today. Press return after each name. When finished, type 'stop'
Enter employee name: Matt
Enter employee name: Kyle
Enter employee name: Jared
Enter employee name: Jeff
Enter employee name: stop

Here are the people you listed for the schedule today:
M
Kyle
Jared
Jeff

I have tried many ways to rearrange the while loop as well as the "for name in names" but to no avail.
Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks.

[Yoriz]

You can change your code logic as follows

• create container for people
  
• make an infinite while loop i.e. while True:
  • get input from user
    
  • if the user entered stop
    • break out of the loop
      
  • otherwise
    • add the users input to the list of people
      
• display the list of people