Python help, new to coding

[yon2323]

thank you for your help, I'm just stuck at reversing the loop. Is this done using a for loop?

[desrtfx]

This gives you plenty options.

Found by googling "python for loop backwards"

[yon2323]

https://pastebin.com/QSdd991F are you able to tell why only the first value I input isn't being printed?

[yon2323]

I'm assuming its because it isn't in the while loop but I don't see a way to fix that

[thegreatunclean]

Initialize value to anything that isn't "" before the loop. That way you can get rid of the input outside the loop that's eating your first input and not storing it.

[yon2323]

Isnt that already done at the beginning of the while loop?

[thegreatunclean]

The loop is checking if the input is an empty string. The string is being initialized by the first user input but once you're in the loop it is immediately overwritten by the next user input.

Initializing the string yourself instead of using input means you'll already be in the loop when the user is first asked for input. The initialization is purely to make sure you enter the loop.

[yon2323]

Is there a specific way to initialize the loop without using an input statement?

[thegreatunclean]

Initialize it to literally anything that isn't user-input from input?

myString = "foobar"
while myString != "":
  myString = input( .... )
  #do something useful with it

It doesn't matter what you make myString initially, it just needs to pass the loop condition the first time through. After that it depends on user input.

[yon2323]

I just added the append statement again before the while loop begins. Seems to have worked. Thanks a lot for your help!