为什么我的代码不应该重复？

Question

list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
num = int(input("Pick a number between 1-10 "))
while num != str(list):
    print("That is not an adaquate choice.")
    num = int(input("Pick a number between 1-10 "))
    if num == 1:
        file = open("external_files.txt", "w")
        hsname = input("Please enter your name. If it is over 5 letters, use your initials. ")
        if len(hsname) < 5:
            print("Your name has been added to the scoreboard.")
            file.write("\n")
            file.write(hsname)
            file.write(" - ")
            file.write(str(x))
            file.close()
        else:
            while len(hsname) > 5:
                print("Sorry, that name is too long.")
                hsname = input("Please enter your name. If it is over 5 letters, use your initials. ")
                if len(hsname) < 5:
                    print("Your name has been added to the scoreboard.")
                    file.write("\n")
                    file.write(hsname)
                    file.write(" - ")
                    file.write(str(x))
                    file.close()
                    break

This is only a little bit of the code to not bore you with repetetiveness, but the loop does break under the right condidtions.

My problem is that, further down in the code, it is mostly the same but without the while and other statements that would deny it from making sense if I enter a number that is not in that list. But when I run it it contstantly says "That is not an adaquate choice."

Answer 1

str(list) is returning the entire list as a single string which will never match the input.

Change this line:

while num != str(list):

To this:

while not num in list:

As a side note, you should not use list as a variable name since it is a type in Python.