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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Second Shopping List App

Conrad Cortes
Conrad Cortes
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Posted by Conrad Cortes
Conrad Cortes
8,418 Points

Shopping list help...

I made my own shopping list a little different from the video lesson showed and I can't figure out how to get my list count to start at 1 and not 0 when I make the first entry. 

shopping_list = []

print("What should we pick up at the store? ")
print("Enter 'DONE' to stop adding items. ")
print("Enter 'SHOW' to show list")




while True:
    new_item = input("> ")


    if new_item == 'DONE':
        break
    elif new_item == 'SHOW':
        print(shopping_list)
        continue    
    print("List now has {} items. ".format(len(shopping_list)))
    shopping_list.append(new_item)

print("Here's your list: ")   

for item in shopping_list:
    print(item)

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! Try putting the line with the append before the line with the print saying how many is in the list. You're printing the length of the list before it has anything in it because you haven't appended yet :smiley:

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Conrad Cortes
Conrad Cortes
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Conrad Cortes
Conrad Cortes
8,418 Points

Thanks a lot! That makes sense and it worked!