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[feral garden]

I don't know how to make a user input something again if the answer is invalid

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[last kiln]

Show what you wrote plz

[feral garden]

okay

def error():
    if name1=="":
        print("invalid")
        


def gathering():
    name1=input("input a Proper Noun (name): ")
    error()
    name2=input("input a Proper Noun (name): ")
    error()
    name3=input("input a Proper Noun (name): ")
    error()
    adjective1=input("input an adjective: ")
    error()
    adjective2=input("input an adjective: ")
    error()
    verb1=input("input a past tense verb: ")
    error()
    noun0=input("input a noun (living creature or person-can be made up)-singular: ")
    error()
    noun1=input("input a noun (living creature or person-can be made up)-plural: ")
    error()
    verb2=input("input a past tense verb: ")
    error()
    noun2=input("input a noun (living creature or person-can be made up)-singular: ")
    error()
    verb3=input("input a progressive verb: ")
    error()
    verb4=input("input a verb targetted towards your {noun2}: ")
    error()
    verb5=input(f"input a verb targetted towards your {noun1}")
    error()
    print(f"Once upon a time there were 3 elves. They were named {name1}, {name2}, and {name3}. ")
    print(f"The elves were {adjective1} and {adjective2} and people {verb1} on them. One day a mighty ")
    print(f"{noun0} and with his wand {verb2} them. The elves then awoke as {noun1} and {verb3}")
    print(f" {noun2} that was {verb3}. The {noun1} {verb4} the {noun2} and the {noun2} {verb5} them.")
    print(f"The {noun1} died. The end")
gathering()```

if the user inputs for instance "a", i want them to have to input that question again. I don't want to create a miloion loops however

[last kiln]

Maybe start with a single input first.

[meager trout]

you create a function which does the generic task of "keep asking until the user enters something valid", and then use that as your input function

[ocean mauve]

what is invalid about the input "a"?

Like how would you define an invalid input

or do you just mean if they make a typo and want to go back and enter again

I know this wasn't your question but you could do something like this to make your code a little bit less repetitive

def validate() -> bool:
    pass

prompts = [
"input a Proper Noun (name): ",
"input an adjective: "
]
outputs = []

for prompt in prompts:
    while True:
        name = input(prompt)
        if validate(name):
            #the input was valid
            outputs.append(name)
            break

@feral garden

[upper wedge]

-# (I think you mean outputs.append(name))

[ocean mauve]

oops yes

[neat pond]

!close

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