How can I add values in the list using for loop in python? [duplicate]

Question

What I am trying to do here is to ask the user to enter any number and then ask the user to enter any names, then store this input in a list.

However, when I enter any number, it asks to enter name only one time and shows the output in list:

def main():
    # a = 4
    a = input("Enter number of players: ")
    tmplist = []
    i = 1
    for i in a:
        pl = input("Enter name: " )
        tmplist.append(pl)

    print(tmplist)

if __name__== "__main__": 
    main()

output:

Enter number of players: 5
Enter name: Tess
['Tess']

What I want is, for loop should run 5 times and user entered 5 values get stored in a list.

Answer 1

You need to convert the number of players to integer and then loop for that much amount of times, you can use the range() function for this . Example -

def main():
    num=int(input("Enter number of players: "))
    tmplist=[]
    for _ in range(num):
        pl=input("Enter name: " )
        tmplist.append(pl)

    print(tmplist)