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I am trying to create a program in which the user enters 3 fruits and 3 nonfruits into two different lists.

The user first chooses the first list by typing in "fruits" or "nonfruits".
The user then enters each qualifying item until the first list is full.

My issue is that once the first selected list is full, the program ends.
I want the user to be prompted to enter in data into the other list until it also is full.

I thought that adding in the "while len(fruits) < 3 and len(notfruits) < 3:" would work, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

How can I do this?

fruits = 

notfruits = 

print(fruits)

print(notfruits)

print("Please enter fruits or notfruits:")

y = str(input(": "))

while len(fruits) < 3 and len(notfruits) < 3:

    if y == "fruits":

        while len(fruits) < 3:

            x = str(input(": "))

            x = x.strip()

            if x in notfruits:

                print(x + " is not a fruit!")

            elif x in fruits:

                print(x + " is already in the list!")

            else:

                fruits.append(x)

                print(fruits)

    elif y == "notfruits":

         while len(notfruits) < 3:

            x = str(input(": "))

            x = x.strip()

            if x in fruits:

                print(x + " is a fruit!")

            elif x in notfruits:

                print(x + " is already in the list!")

            else:

                notfruits.append(x)

                print(notfruits)

    else:

        print("Not a valid option!")

1. Consider using or instead of and
   


2. Move the input part inside the loop, or else y will never change

Here's what I mean:

fruits = 

notfruits = 

print(fruits)

print(notfruits)



while len(fruits) < 3 or len(notfruits) < 3:   # replaced `and` with `or`

    print("Please enter fruits or notfruits:") #

    y = str(input(": "))                       # moved the input here

    if y == "fruits":

        while len(fruits) < 3:

            x = str(input(": "))

            x = x.strip()

            if x in notfruits:

                print(x + " is not a fruit!")

            elif x in fruits:

                print(x + " is already in the list!")

            else:

                fruits.append(x)

                print(fruits)

    elif y == "notfruits":

         while len(notfruits) < 3:

            x = str(input(": "))

            x = x.strip()

            if x in fruits:

                print(x + " is a fruit!")

            elif x in notfruits:

                print(x + " is already in the list!")

            else:

                notfruits.append(x)

                print(notfruits)

    else:

        print("Not a valid option!")