Python "while" loop that doesn't end

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I've looked at several other posts asking this same question but none of them seem to apply to me. Here's the code:

wordNumber = input("Word Number: ")
addedWords = 0  
wordList = []


while addedWords != wordNumber:
    Word = input("Word: ")
    wordList.append(Word)
    addedWords = addedWords + 1

I've been setting wordNumber to equal 5. I would think that since I am adding 1 to addedWordsin each loop, it should work perfectly and stop looping once addedWords is equal to wordNumber. I can't even fathom what I could be missing here.

Thank you!

falsetru · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-20 08:42:27Z

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input returns a string; string cannot be equal to int:

>>> '5' == 5   # str <-> int
False

>>> int('5') == 5  # int <-> int
True

You need to convert the string to int:

wordNumber = int(input("Word Number: "))

edited Nov 20, 2016 at 8:42

answered Nov 20, 2016 at 8:39

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Taufiq Rahman · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-20 08:52:16Z

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Python treats input as a string so you have to convert it to an int to get the number:

wordNumber = int(input("Word Number: "))
addedWords = 0  
wordList = []


while addedWords != wordNumber:
    Word = input("Word: ")
    wordList.append(Word)
    addedWords = addedWords + 1

edited Nov 20, 2016 at 8:52

answered Nov 20, 2016 at 8:43

Taufiq Rahman

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falsetru Over a year ago

int is not a cast operator, but a function; you don't need to surround it with (..)

Taufiq Rahman Over a year ago

I see.Fixed. :)

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