'I am new to Python and I wonder what is wrong with this code

I am new to Python and I wonder what is wrong with this code, I searched for this,I guess in the end of the make_list function I have to return, and not print(). and in the end I have to write if name[0] and not if name[1], but what else is wrong with it?

Code:

def make_list(number):
    names = []
    for item in number:
        names.append(input("Enter your name with a capital letter."))
        print(names)
        
number = int(input("How many names need to be entered?"))
names = make_list(number)
for name in names:
    if name [1] == 'A':
        print("Name", name, "starts with A")

Compiler says:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 8, in <module>
File "<string>", line 3, in make_list
TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable

python

Solution 1:^[1]

This is my solution:

def make_list(number):
    names = []
    for _ in range(number):
        names.append(input("Enter your name with a capital letter: "))
        print(names)
    return(names)
        
number = int(input("How many names need to be entered? "))
names = make_list(number)
for name in names:
    if name.startswith('A'):
        print("Name", name, "starts with A")

Results:

How many names need to be entered?3
Enter your name with a capital letter.RUNE
['RUNE']
Enter your name with a capital letter.PETER
['RUNE', 'PETER']
Enter your name with a capital letter.ANDERS
['RUNE', 'PETER', 'ANDERS']
Name ANDERS starts with A

Solution 2:^[2]

You need to have range(numbers) to iterate, and you also forgot to return names from the make_list function. Also, as the arrays in Python are zero-indexed, you probably want to check if name [0]

def make_list(number):
    names = []
    for item in range(number):
        names.append(input("Enter your name with a capital letter."))
        print(names)
    return names
        
number = int(input("How many names need to be entered?"))
names = make_list(number)
for name in names:
    if name [0] == 'A':
        print("Name", name, "starts with A")

Solution 3:^[3]

In python you can not loop through an integer. Try to switch for item in number with for item in range(number) I think this will solve your problem.

Solution 4:^[4]

for item in number: looks like you are attemping to repeat the loop number times. In python you do that like this: for item in range(0, number):. item will range from 0 to number-1

Solution 5:^[5]

actually number is an integer, the error is saying in line 3 you are trying to loop through an integer which is not possible

Wrong : for item in number What you may do instead : for item in range(number)

Here is some reading on the range function https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_func_range.asp

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Solution 1	user56700
Solution 2
Solution 3	Tkun
Solution 4	Andy Brown
Solution 5	Aimad Harilla

'I am new to Python and I wonder what is wrong with this code

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