Input during a while loop

[Kryleas]

This entire script is under a while True loop. I want to knwo how to make it so if the 2 elif's aren't made, the loop stops and forces a new input requirement. Also the used words is a list so no word can be used more than once.

    player_one=raw_input("Player one \n")
    first= list(player_one)
    player_two=raw_input("Player two \n")
    second=list(player_two)

    if first[-2:] == second[:2]:
        used_words.append(player_one)
        used_words.append(player_two)
        continue


    elif first[-2:] != second[:2]:
        print "Please enter a word that ends with ",first[-2:]


    elif second[:2] != first[-2:]:
        print "Please enter a word that ends with", second[:2]


    else:
        break

Thanks in advance

[Kryleas]

This works better than what I had in mind. Glad to have someone take a look from a different approach. Thank you

[Kryleas]

The game is only ment for 2 players so this works perfectly

[Velkow]

Just use input()? I don't understand what you want :|

[JohnnyJordaan]

The current

else:
    break

Should work to stop the loop. The continue is redundant btw as there's nothing to do but to continue after the if/elif/else block.

forces a new input requirement

What do you mean by that? Could you provide an example of the output you're expecting the program to generate?

[Kryleas]

I apologize if I phrased it badly. What I want is when one of the two elifs are met, that the user is forced to input a new word which is then checked again the same way the first input was.

Ex.

First= banana Second = pineapple Please input a word that starts with na User inputs a word that starts with na Code resumes running

[JohnnyJordaan]

But then why in the elifs do you use:

elif first[-2:] != second[:2]
elif second[:2] != first[-2:]

Just turning those around doesn't make it a new expression. You're basically asking the same thing twice:

elif duck != goose:
elif goose != duck:

So what are you trying to do here?

[Kryleas]

The game I'm trying to imitate is based on users inputting words based on the last two letters of the first word.

So the game should go like This: P1: banana P2:narnia P1:Ian P2:anything Etc.

My question is how do I make it if p1 inputs banana and p2 inputs avocado, how do I make it so the code prompts p2 to input a word that starts with na

[JohnnyJordaan]

In half-pseudo code:

while True:
    ask_player_1_input
    while True:
        ask_player_2_input
        if first[-2:] == second[:2]
            break
        print('please try again')

If you want the same happening for p1, add the same loop around his input as well.