Why does my array value not get stored and dissapears

Question

When I try to add a note, and view it after, the value that I put in dissapears and it is not shown in the array. When I input view, I want it to show all the notes I have put in.

while 1:
 user = input("Do you want to (View/Add) notes: ").lower()
 noteList = []
 def addNote():
 global note
 note = input("Add your notes here: ")
 noteList.append(note)
 print(noteList)
 if user == 'view':
 print(noteList)
 elif user == 'add':
 addNote()
 state = True

• Klaus D.: You are running noteList = [] on every iteration.
• Tim Roberts: Every time you start your loop, you reset noteList to an empty array. You probably want to move that initialization outside of the while loop. Also, there's no need to use global note.
• DrippyDino: @KlausD. Tyyy :)

Answer 1

It's because you create a new noteList in every loop.

Just move noteList=[] out of your loop and it will be fine.

noteList = []
while 1:
 user = input("Do you want to (View/Add) notes: ").lower()
 def addNote():
 global note
 note = input("Add your notes here: ")
 noteList.append(note)
 print(noteList)
 if user == 'view':
 print(noteList)
 elif user == 'add':
 addNote()
 state = True