Index error :list assignment index out of range PYTHON

Question

i can enter inputs for one go through. It gives me the index error after entering my second lastNames input. Why is it doing this? index should be at 1 for this. The range is 15, why is it doing this? how do i fix it?

code is below:

#Purpose: Take in 15 inputs for a trainers last name and the amount of new members they 
enrolled, then output how many trainers got a certain indicated amount of enrollees.
LIMIT = 15
lastNames = [LIMIT]
enrollees = [LIMIT]
index = 0
membersZeroFive = 0
membersSixTen = 0
membersElevenFifteen = 0



while index < 16 :
  lastNames[index] = input("Enter your last name, trainer. \n")
  enrollees[index] = input("How many new members were you able to enroll? \n")
  if enrollees[index] == '0' or '1' or '2' or '3' or '4' or '5' :
    membersZeroFive = membersZeroFive+1 
  if enrollees[index] == '6' or '7' or '8' or '9' or '10' :
    membersSixTen = membersSixTen+1
  if enrollees[index] == '11' or '12' or '13' or '14' or '15' :
    membersElevenFifteen = membersElevenFifteen+1
  else :
    print("your number is either above 15 or negative. I can not operate with such values. Please take note and run the program again.\n")
  index = index+1


print("Trainers who got 0-5 members: " + membersZeroFive)
print("Trainers who got 6-10 members: " + membersSixTen)
print("Trainers who got 11-15 members: " + membersElevenFifteen)

Answer 1

lastNames = enrollees = [15]

Your assignation is incorrect, only have a list of size 1. I think, that's the reason of your error. You have to create a list with size of 15.

This is a question that can help you: Create an empty list in Python with certain size