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Arikakate
Arikakate

Reputation: 93

Why doesn't the user input get put in the list?

So I'm trying to put the user input in a list. So the user runs the command, it asks for the user's name and id. Then the user enters their info. and its' stored in a list. Am I doing anything wrong?

@client.command()
async def add(ctx):
      await ctx.send("Please ONLY enter your name and student id. (ex. FirstName LastName 000000)")

      def check(msg):
          return msg.author == ctx.author and msg.channel == ctx.channel

      msg = await client.wait_for("message", check=check)
      msg_id = msg.content
      ids = [""]
      ids.append(msg_id)
      await ctx.send("Thank you. Your id will be added ASAP.")

Upvotes: 0

Views: 39

Answers (1)

Dominik
Dominik

Reputation: 3602

If you want to add something to a list, it should be empty to begin with, this makes things much easier. Also, it makes little sense to keep this list inside the command, instead put it on top of the code, so it doesn't interfere with the code.

Since your list already contains "" we empty the list ([]) and define it over the command.

The complete code:

ids = [] # Empty list

@client.command()
async def add(ctx):
    await ctx.send("Please ONLY enter your name and student id. (ex. FirstName LastName 000000)")

    def check(msg):
        return msg.author == ctx.author and msg.channel == ctx.channel

    msg = await client.wait_for("message", check=check)
    msg_id = msg.content
    ids.append(msg_id)
    await ctx.send("Thank you. Your id will be added ASAP.")
    print(ids) # Here we check the list

Also make sure your code is indented correctly!

Upvotes: 2

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