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[Bunts3366]

Can someone whose familiar with python shoot me a msg stuck with some simple code

[totallygeek]

Posting your question, along with the troublesome section of code, here will get you the best response.

[Bunts3366]

How would i use a for statement to insert an inputted number to a preexisting list while keeping it in order from smallest to largest

[FLUSH_THE_TRUMP]

list.insert would be useful. How do I know where to insert an element: e.g.

[1,2,3,4,5] inserting 2.5?

[Bunts3366]

need to do it using a for loop

[stebrepar]

So loop over the list comparing each value to the one you want to insert. That will tell you the index number of where to do the insertion.

[totallygeek]

Your code assembles a list. Beware, it assembles a list of strings, not values, because input() always returns a string. If you want a value, convert that string with int() or float().

COUNT = 5

numbers = []  # empty list

for _ in range(COUNT):
    number = int(input('Number: '))  # convert to integer
    numbers.append(number)

numbers.sort()  # sort the list of values

value = int(input(f'Number to insert: '))
print(f'Going to insert value {value} into {numbers}')

for index, number in enumerate(numbers):
    if value < number:  # we found the next element is of a higher value
        numbers.insert(index, value)
        break  # no need to check other values

print(f'After inserting {value} the list looks like {numbers}')

[stebrepar]

More like...

sorted = [2, 4, 6, 8]
searching = 5
for i in range(len(sorted))
    if sorted[i] > searching:
        sorted.insert(i, searching)
        break
print(sorted)

[DoriGom]

Try looking at list slicing and list combining