Using a string in a 1D array

Question

I am trying to get the piece of code to work below. Every time I try to enter the students name it comes up with an error. It does allow me to enter numbers

names_list = []
marks_list = []

for student in range(5):
name = input("Enter students name ")
mark = int(input("Enter students mark "))

#add the data to the list
names_list.append(name)
marks_list.append(mark)

print "Student \t Mark"
for pupil in range(5):
print (names_list[pupil], "\t " , marks_list[pupil])

Answer 1

names_list = []
marks_list = []

for student in range(5):
name = input("Enter students name ")
mark = int(input("Enter students mark "))

#add the data to the list
names_list.append(name)
marks_list.append(mark)

print ("Student \t Mark")
for pupil in range(5):
print (names_list[pupil], "\t " , marks_list[pupil])

Brian it is working you need only add separately per line like this below. I only added parentheses for print
student1
10
student2
9
student3
6
student4
4
student5
2

Answer 2

If you're doing Python 2, the:

print(names_list[pupil], "\t", marks_list[pupil])

is incorrect syntax for Python 2, the () is for Python 3.

If you're doing Python 3, the:

print "Student \t Mark"

is incorrect syntax for Python 3, the "" is for Python 2.

Answer 3

Oh, in that case, the only issues I can see are the print function calls. The last 3 lines should be:

print("Student \t Mark")
for pupil in range(5):
print(names_list[pupil] + "\t" + marks_list[pupil])

Notice the parentheses around the first print statement's text, and the "+" signs instead of the "," signs in the second one.

Happy coding! 😁

Answer 4

Where did the 'Brian' come from? Can you put the code in a code playground code and post here? Thanks! :D

Answer 5

Hi thanks for your reply- it is python 3 using pyscripter.

Answer 6

Hi Niawahta, still getting NameError name ‘Brian’ is not defined