Need help with lists to continue my assignment code

[tinabina22]

How can I add a name and password to my list named, "samplePasswordFile" using Python 3.
I need to do this:

if(choice == '3'):
    print("What website is this password for?")
    website = input()
    print("What is the password?")
    unencryptedPassword = input()

Using this information:

encryptedPassword = passwordEncrypt(unencryptedPassword,encryptionKey)]

• the encryptionKey variable is defined already as 16, don't change this
  
  
• create a list of size 2, first item the website name and the second item the password.
  
  
• append the list from Step 2 to the password list
  

[wavic]

Which module you are using? What does

passwordEncrypt(unencryptedPassword,encryptionKey)

return

[tinabina22]

I'm using Python 3.5, Pycharm.

####### YOUR CODE HERE ######
#You will need to encrypt the password and store it in the list of passwords

#The encryption function is already written for you
#Step 1: You can say encryptedPassword = passwordEncrypt(unencryptedPassword,encryptionKey)]
#the encryptionKey variable is defined already as 16, don't change this
#Step 2: create a list of size 2, first item the website name and the second item the password.
#Step 3: append the list from Step 2 to the password list

This is what I have so far:

input = samplePasswordFile.append([website, encryptedPassword])

This is the error code I am getting with it:

Error:
input = samplePasswordFile.append([website, encryptedPassword])
NameError: name 'samplePasswordFile' is not defined

The code won't even read beyond that, so have no idea what:

encryptedPassword = passwordEncrypt(unencryptedPassword,encryptionKey)

Is going to result in.

[wavic]

If samplePasswordFile is the name of the list you have to define it before use it.

samplePasswordFile = []

This creates an empty list with name samplePasswordFile. Then you can append a variables to that list.

samplePasswordFile.append(variable)

Do it once to append the site url and second time to append the encrypted password.

You better look at http://python-forum.io/Thread-List-basic

[Yoriz]

Do it once to append the site url and second time to append the encrypted password.

That would not end up with a list of lists that contains lists of 2 items, the website and the password
That would create a list like this

Output:
['website1', 'encryptedpassword1', 'website2', 'encryptedpassword2']

The list should end up looking like

Output:
[['website1', 'encryptedpassword1'], ['website2', 'encryptedpassword2']]

input = samplePasswordFile.append([website, encryptedPassword])

This is the error code I am getting with it:

Error:
input = samplePasswordFile.append([website, encryptedPassword])
NameError: name 'samplePasswordFile' is not defined

The error is because samplePasswordFile is not defined as pointed out by wavic, so define it like wavic showed

samplePasswordFile = []

when it does

samplePasswordFile.append([website, encryptedPassword])

the result does not need storing in input (which is a built in function so don't use it as a variable name) because it directly alters samplePasswordFile instead of returning an altered list.

[wavic]

Hmm! I got it wrong apparently. I was thinking the square bracket is mistype. The end of his second code example

[tinabina22]

I'm sorry that my code is a mess, but only the very last few lines are mine, the rest is from our instructor. But you can delete it I figured it out.

[metulburr]

I'm sorry that my code is a mess, but only the very last few lines are mine, the rest is from our instructor. But you can delete it I figured it out.

That was regarding an unrelated post i moved to a different thread. Can you post your solution?

[tinabina22]

Here is the solution for #3, although now #5 is not working!  

if (choice == '3'):
   print( "What website is this password for?" )
   website = input( )
   print( "What is the password?" )
   unencryptedPassword = input( )


   def encrypted_password():
       encrypted_password = passwordEncrypt( unencryptedPassword, encryptionKey )
       samplePasswordFile = [[website, encrypted_password]]
       passwords.append( [website, encrypted_password] )


if (choice == '5'):  # print out the password list
   for keyvalue in passwords:
       print( ', '.join( keyvalue ) )

[Yoriz]

Not working is not enough information when asking for help.
Do you get a traceback error that you can show us.
What are you expecting to happen against what is actually happening.