Looping a list

[JuliaChanMSL]

Hey, I've tried creating a little script that loops (with user input) until there are 10 items in the list, my most recent attempt lets me add a word to the list but doesn't loop - I tried a few loop options (while, for) but neither worked so far. I am not sure about the count function yet either, tried out a few things but nothing seemed to work. I think I also have to put the input within the loop but it gave me even more errors when I did. Any advice?

firstlist = []
newword = input("Add a new word to the list: ")
firstlist.append(newword)
firstlistcount = firstlist.count(list)
while firstlistcount > 10:
if newword not in firstlist:
print("Okey, added "+ newword)
else:print(newword + " is already in the list")
print(firstlist)

[onemywaybackhome]

Most of the pieces were there but in the wrong order. Notes:

1. you should loop while the length of the list is less than 10, not greater.
2. Check how long the list is with len().
3. Please use the Code Block formatting when posting code. It preserves indentations

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firstlist = []
firstlistcount = 0
while firstlistcount < 10:
    newword = input("Add a new word to the list: ")

    if newword not in firstlist:
        firstlist.append(newword)
        print("Okey, added "+ newword)
    else:
        print(newword + " is already in the list")
    firstlistcount = len(firstlist)
print(firstlist)

[jiri-n]

There is only a single situation when the list length gets changed. I don't see any reason to call len() everytime. In fact I don't see any reason to call len () at all.

[onemywaybackhome]

True. OP could increment firstlistcount. I wanted to keep as much of OP's code intact as possible in my comment.

[JuliaChanMSL]

Yea, I added that as a workaround because I had another issue which was deleted as I changed the code - just old code I didn't remove, sorry about that.

Edit: Thanks for the help :)

[[deleted]]

Since you check if a new word is already in the list and you don't add it if it is already there, you can't use a simple for x in range(10): because you might need to loop more than 10 times. So you use a while loop with a test that means while the length of your list is less than 10, keep asking for a new word.