[Tutor] Question

[Prayash Bhuyan]

Thanks

On Tue, 11 Apr, 2023, 10:52 pm Alan Gauld via Tutor, <tutor at python.org>
wrote:

> On 11/04/2023 12:02, Prayash Bhuyan wrote:
> > Loop forever if the name is not in the list
>
> OK, So you need to add a loop in the else part of your code:
>
> >>>   for name in names:
> >>>     name=input("what is your name: ")
> >>>     name=name.casefold()
> >>>     group=random.randint(1,5)
> >>>     counter+=1
> >>>     if name in names and counter<=len(names):
> >>>       print(name,"your group is",group)
>
>         else:
>            while name not in names:
>                name = input(...).casefold()
>                if name not in names:
>                   print(...)
>
> There is a much more efficient structure you could use that
> removes the need for duplicate code but this should show
> the principle.
>
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