Stranger in our midst

[deanhystad]

This is ugly. Duplicate code that never seems to be an exact duplicate.

words = []
new_word = input('Enter a word\n')
while new_word.lower() != 'stop':
    words.append(new_word)
    new_word = input('Enter word\n')
  
print(words)

I like this a little better.

while True:
    new_word = input('Enter a word\n')
    if new_word == 'stop':
        break
    words.append(new_word)

No duplicate code, but it is slightly longer and "while True" as the "forever is only a short time" loop looks odd.

But you can combine the benefits of the two with the new "walrus" operator :=

words = []
print('Enter list of words, one per line.  End list with "stop"')
while (word := input()).lower() != 'stop':
    words.append(word)

Short. No duplicate code.

Pascal RULES!!