I am trying to have a user select from amongst a list of items, and then make use of that choice later on as both a string (e.g. "you chose _____"). My function currently allows for a numerical choice, but I am not sure how to return it as the item (e.g. apple) rather than the integer corresponding to the position in the list:
def get_material(mylist): mycount = 1 for item in mylist: print mycount, item mycount = mycount + 1 material = raw_input("Please select material:") myposition = int(material) - 1 return myposition
fruit_list = ['apple', 'orange', 'banana']
fruit = get_material(fruit_list)
Hi Marc,
Since fruit_list is a list, you can 'fetch' an element out of it like so: fruit_list[index] where index is an integer.
Your function returns an integer. So, for the minimal change to get what you want done, try replacing your last line with these two:
fruit = fruit_list[get_material(fruit_list)]
print fruit
Best,
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