Question re: list.extend

KennethKirkeby

I'm a new Python student. Using a loop, I need to add to a list. The following is not working. Not sure what I'm missing or if my logic is bad.

#Variables

myList = []

item = ''

#Create name list

item = raw_input("Please enter a name or blank to quit: ")

while item <> '':

    myList.extend(item)

printmyList

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:/Users/ken/Desktop/HW4b.py", line 14, in <module>

    myList.extend(item)

MemoryError

Thanks ... Ken

BillDaigle

myList = []

item = ''

#Create name list

item = None

while item <> '':
    item = raw_input("Please enter a name or blank to quit: ")
    myList.append(item)
print myList

You need to ask for a new input on each iteration of the loop.