How do I create a list from the input of a user? w/Python

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I've been trying to make a function that uses a number previously determined from another function (which I have that part of the code working) and asks the user to give an amount of names equal to the number previously determined. Here's the code:

def getNames(myNumOfTypes):
    print("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~")
    print("Now, enter all the names of the people getting a type:")

    names = []
    for i in range(0, myNumOfTypes):
        name = input("-")
        names.append(name)
    return names[i]

Later, when I print the names list, it's only a list of the last input I entered... I never really learned for loops and lists, and now I'm trying to use both and it's rough. for reference, myNumOfTypes was a variable I used earlier, but because the numbers have to be the same I just recycled it.

I return it, out of the function to later use it... This might just be an issue of not knowing how to return a list — Alex Doiron
– Alex Doiron, Commented Jan 13, 2020 at 8:23

U13-Forward · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-13 08:23:52Z

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You added a [i] on the last line which gets the value of a specific index, you need to remove it to make the last line become:

    return names

answered Jan 13, 2020 at 8:23

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Alex Doiron Over a year ago

When I do that, it says that the variable i wasn't used

U13-Forward Over a year ago

@AlexDoiron What ya mean?

Alex Doiron Over a year ago

When I have the last line as return names

Alex Doiron Over a year ago

I get an error saying the the "i" in " for i in range" is an unused variable

Alex Doiron Over a year ago

It said I can only do that in five minutes, I just tried, but I'll try again in a few minutes

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