How to write a repeatable raw_input?

Question

So I'm trying to write a script that allows a user to write down notes under different categories and then have those notes print to an output file. Heres a look at some example code.

def notes():
    global text
    text = raw_input("\nPlease enter any notes.\n>>> ")
    print "\Note added to report."
    notes_menu()

def print_note():
    new_report.write("\nNotes: \n%r" % text)

My question is in two parts:

1. What can I use to make this so that if the notes method gets called again(with text already being assigned to a string) it creates a new variable called text1 and will keep doing so as many times as the notes method is called and text is assigned?

2. How can I get the print method to keep checking, and printing as many text^nths as exist?

Answer 1

You should use lists for that:

texts = []
def notes():
    global texts
    txt = raw_input("\nPlease enter any notes.\n>>> ")
    texts.append(txt) # Add the entered text inside the list
    print "\Note added to report."
    notes_menu()

def print_note():
    for txt in texts:
        new_report.write("\nNotes: \n%r" % txt)

I hope that is what you wanted.

EDIT: Since I am pretty sure I got downvoted because I used global, I would like to clarify: I used global because OP used global, not because that is a good solution.