Python 3.7 : Why is only the last item in a list printing?

Question

I am self-studying "Python Crash Course" 2nd edition and I have come upon a problem that I am unable to solve. I have reread previous areas of the book, searched the internet and search other SO answers.

The official book answer uses a dictionary but I am trying to use a list.

The program should ask for input, add the input to a list and continue to repeat until told to stop. When told to stop, the entire list should be printed.

The problem that I am running into is that only the last item in the list in printing.

Instead of giving the answer, please just give me a hint so that I can truly learn.

Thanks,

chadrick

active = True
while active == True:
    places = []
    place = input("\nIf you could visit one place in the world, where would you go? ")
    places.append(place)
    repeat = input("Would you like to let another person respond? (yes/no) ")
    if repeat == 'no':
        print(places)
        active = False

Answer 1

The reason is because you're resetting the list back to empty for every iteration.

try the following:

active = True
places = []
while active == True:
    place = input("\nIf you could visit one place in the world, where would you go? ")
    places.append(place)
    repeat = input("Would you like to let another person respond? (yes/no) ")
    if repeat == 'no':
        print(places)
        active = False

Also, since active is a boolean, you just need to do while active:

So:

active = True
places = []
while active:
    place = input("\nIf you could visit one place in the world, where would you go? ")
    places.append(place)
    repeat = input("Would you like to let another person respond? (yes/no) ")
    if repeat == 'no':
        print(places)
        active = False