I started learning python recently and I want to become more knowledgable and flexible with using loops.
My question is, let's say I created a list of names:
names = ('Benjamin', 'Damien', 'Dexter', 'Jack', 'lucas', 'Norman', 'Thorn', 'Bella', 'Blair',
'Ivy', 'Lilth', 'Megan', 'Rue', 'Sabrina', 'Samara',
'Anthea', 'Jessica', 'Igor', 'Luther', 'Boris', 'Abel', )
and now I want to use either a for loop or a while loop (I don't know which one is the best, but from my novice experience, I feel a for loop would work better but I can't find a solution) to generate random number and make my loop generate that amount of names.
This was my code but it doesn't work.
people_count = int(input("Enter how many names you wish to have, min 0, max 20: "))
for l in range(people_count):
generate_random_names = random.choice(names)
print (generate_random_names)
and I only get one random name. What is missing/mistake here?
Thanks in advance!
In your for loop you are replacing the variable generate_random_names everytime the loops iterate. Instead maybe put them into a list. Note choice() will give you duplicate values if that's what you wish for.
people_count = int(input("Enter how many names you wish to have, min 0, max 20: "))
generate_random_names = []
for l in range(people_count):
generate_random_names.append(random.choice(names))
print (generate_random_names)
Now you will have a list of names
Also you don't need a for loop to do what you want, you could use a list comprehension:
people_count = int(input("Enter how many names you wish to have, min 0, max 20: "))
generate_random_names = [random.choice(names) for _ in range(people_count)]
Heck if you don't want to have duplicate values in new list, you can use sample which takes a collection to choose from and how many you want in the new list.
people_count = int(input("Enter how many names you wish to have, min 0, max 20: "))
generate_random_names = random.sample(names,people_count)
print(generate_random_names)