🔒 Help

[arctic nest]

@solar hawk

Python help channel opened

Remember to:

• Ask your Python question, not if you can ask or if there's an expert who can help.
• Show a code sample as text (rather than a screenshot) and the error message, if you've got one.
• Explain what you expect to happen and what actually happens.

:warning: Do not pip install anything that isn't related to your question, especially if asked to over DMs.

Closes after a period of inactivity, or when you send !close.

[blazing kayak]

@solar hawk you have two while loops one inside the other

Your script is supposed to take the name of a friend and confirm it's yes or no then exit or retry?

[solar hawk]

yes

[winged yew]

True!
And it only breaks out of the while True the break is in.

[solar hawk]

what should i do then

im new idk much about it

[blazing kayak]

That's alright

You should remove the second while loop and correct the indent

After that, if yes then break, if no then continue

Break will break the loop, continue will skip the current iteration

Retrying it basically

Continue is not even required but it's just implying the meaning

[solar hawk]

      #Choosing friend's name

print("\nNow you will choose a name for your friend.")
while True:
         friend= input("\nEnter your friend's name \n --> ")
         print(f"\nYour friend's name is {friend}. Correct?")

         #Confirmation
   
         friendyes= input("\nYes \nNo \n \n --> ")
         if friendyes.lower() == 'yes':
               print("\nFriend successfully created.")
               break
         elif friendyes.lower() == 'no':
               print("\n Choose again.")
               
            
            #Done```

Fixed it :) Tyy

Btw I want it to ask the user to choose the correct option if they choose anything other than yes/no. what should I add?

[sour wagon]

an else statement

[blazing kayak]

Correct

[solar hawk]

      #Choosing friend's name

print("\nNow you will choose a name for your friend.")
while True:
         friend= input("\nEnter your friend's name \n --> ")
         print(f"\nYour friend's name is {friend}. Correct?")

         #Confirmation
   
         friendyes= input("\nYes \nNo \n \n --> ")
         if friendyes.lower() == 'yes':
               print("\nFriend successfully created.")
               break
         elif friendyes.lower() == 'no':
               print("\n Choose again.")
         else:
                print("\n Choose Yes/No")
               
        
            #Done```

After I choose anything other than yes/no it tells me to choose friends name again

[sour wagon]

because it does not update the input

[solar hawk]

how do i do it?

[sour wagon]

and its the end of the loop either way so it reruns the loop

whats the point of the loop

[solar hawk]

so it confirms if u wanna name ur friend what u chose

[blazing kayak]

Anything other than a yes should be retry scenario right?

[solar hawk]

anything other than yes/no

i mean

yes

[sour wagon]

if you want yes to break the loop and no or anything else to retry the loop that is what that code does

if you want no to ask for a new friend name and anything else to make them choose yes or no again then youd have to make another loop

so you loop through the yes/no stage until you get an answer

[blazing kayak]

If it's no or something else other than yes, it'll ask for the friend again

[solar hawk]

oh i see

[sour wagon]

something like this would work if you are trying to get them to keep going until they type yes or no

ongoing = True
print("\nNow you will choose a name for your friend.")
while ongoing == True:
    friend = input("\nEnter your friend's name \n --> ")
    print(f"\nYour friend's name is {friend}. Correct?")

    # Confirmation
    while True:
        friendyes = input("\nYes \nNo \n \n --> ")
        if friendyes.lower() == 'yes':
            print("\nFriend successfully created.")
            ongoing = False
            break
        elif friendyes.lower() == 'no':
            print("\n Choose again.")
            break
        else:
            print("\n Choose Yes/No")

    # Done

[blazing kayak]

This would ask for the friend again, if you see ops initial question

[sour wagon]

tested it and it does not

[blazing kayak]

Ah you have a variable there

You could just do while ongoing

No need to compare it with true

[sour wagon]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[blazing kayak]

You also learning python atm?

[sour wagon]

that actually does not work

[blazing kayak]

This is like an anti pattern

[blazing kayak]

Why it doesn't?

[sour wagon]

nevermind

forgot i took out the bool change cause i accidentally had == and thought it worked before fixing it for a second

[blazing kayak]

while (some thruthy or falsely) that's the syntax

[sour wagon]

only takes out 1 word no biggie

[blazing kayak]

Don't mean to be pedantic or anything, you'll learn to avoid these eventually 😁

[sour wagon]

your splitting hairs

[blazing kayak]

@solar hawk you can close this thread, if the problem is solved

[solar hawk]

ok

[arctic nest]

Python help channel closed

This help channel has been closed and it's no longer possible to send messages here. If your question wasn't answered, feel free to create a new post in #1035199133436354600. To maximize your chances of getting a response, check out this guide on asking good questions.

🔒 Help