Simple for loop to guess variable name in python

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I am new to python (coming from R) and trying to practice for loops, so I made up this challenge to have the computer guess the name string. Unfortunately I have stumped myself. Can anyone offer assistance?

## Guess a name

name = 'Kate'
char = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRZTUVWXYZ'

for k in range(len(name)):
 for i in range(len(char)):
  if name[k] == char[i]:
     print('Your name is ' + char[i])

This gives the following output:

Your name is K
Your name is a
Your name is t
Your name is e

But I am looking for:

Your name is Kate

Austin Rockwell · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-06 01:24:54Z

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the print() call is called every time a character is guessed correctly.
to fix this, I would move the print("Your name is"...) function outside of the for loops. Python also has a way of changing how print() ends its lines.

...
print("Your name is ", end="")
for k in range(len(name)):
 for i in range(len(char)):
  if name[k] == char[i]:
     print(char[i], end="")

answered Oct 6, 2021 at 1:24

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user17083192 · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-06 16:28:10Z

1

Try to take a new empty string variable, and add it when the condition is satisfied and then after everything is done, print the variable outside the loop

answered Oct 6, 2021 at 16:28

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