Adding a string to an array and giving it a numerical value

December 4, 2023

I want to add text from an input into an array and assign it a variable based on when it was added, eg if I input "bike", it would be added to the array and then it would print "Your item is number 1" and then input again a different word and it would be number 2 etc.

list = []
main = True

shop = input("Enter the shop you are visiting: ")

while main == True:
  
  choice = input("Enter your item: ")
  list.append(choice)
  print("The priority for this item is", list[-1])

This is all I have done so far, I did list[-1] not realising it would just print what was added rather than the number position it is in.

>Solution :

You are almost there but with a couple of fixes. First, I changed the name of your list to my_list. Then I used the enumerate function to give your desired output. Try this and see that it works.

my_list = []
main = True

shop = input("Enter the shop you are visiting: ")

while main:
  choice = input("Enter your item: ")
  my_list.append(choice)
  for i,j in enumerate(my_list):
      print(f"The priority for item {j} is {i}")