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I'm having a problem of printing a string inside an input. I made a for loop for automatic numbering based on how many elements that the user wants to input.

list = []
n = int(input("How many elements you want to input: "))
for i in range(0, n):
   element = int(input(i+1))
   if n == element:
      print("hello")
      break
list.append(element)

For example, I inputted 3 in the number of elements. I want to make my program output be like this:

  1. input
  2. input
  3. input

(input is the user will type once the number is shown)

But my program looks like:

1input

2input

3input

I just want to work up with the design, but I don't know how to do it.

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  • You only want to print n times the input given by the user is that right ? Because I suspect the 2nd for loop to be useless Commented Jul 28, 2021 at 8:15
  • I edited it. I did not notice that I have another loop Commented Jul 28, 2021 at 8:19
  • Do you want the "etc." to be printed too ? Commented Jul 28, 2021 at 8:20
  • Ah no. It is not needed. I just stay it like that so whatever the user input, I just want to print out the numbers. I just deleted the "etc" to avoid confusion Commented Jul 28, 2021 at 8:23
  • What do you mean by "work up"? Can you elaborate? Preferably, by editing (changing) your question, not here in comments (without "Edit:", "Update:", or similar - the question should appear as if it was written today). Commented Nov 22, 2021 at 14:37

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What you need is called string formatting, and you might use .format by replacing

element = int(input(i+1))

using

element = int(input("{}. ".format(i+1)))

or using so-called f-strings (this requires Python 3.6 or newer):

element = int(input(f"{i+1}. "))

If you want to know more, I suggest reading realpython's guide.

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Tried the 2nd solution and it worked! Thank you so much
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Try: input(str(i+1)+'. ')

This should append a point and a space to your Text. It converts the number of the input to a String, at which you can append another String, e.g. '. '.

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This also worked! Tried to change it manually but when I copied, this work! Thank you!
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You have to edit the input in the loop to something like this:

element = int(input(str(i+1) + ". "))
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This worked! I just forgot something that caused an error but this also worked! Thank you!
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You are close. Convert i+1 to a string and concatenate a . to it and accept input.

Note: Do not use list as a variable name. It is a Python reserved word.

lst = []
n = int(input("How many elements you want to input: \n"))
for i in range(n):
   element = int((input(str(i+1) + '. ')))
   if n == element:
      print("hello")
      break
lst.append(element)


How many elements you want to input: 
5
1. 1
2. 6
3. 7
4. 4
5. 6
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Thank you the additional information about the list. I made a change and this worked!
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n = int(input("How many elements you want to input: "))
for i in range(0, n):
      print(str(i+1) + ". " + str(n))

This should do.

I used the same code shape as yours, and that way it is easier for you to understand.

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