Issues With Restarting a While Loop In Python

Question

I am trying to restart a While loop but am having issues. I've tried formatting the code several ways, and IDLE always returns with ">>>"

responses = {}

polling_active = True

while polling_active:
    name = input("\nWhat is your name? ")
    response = input("Which mountain would you like to climb someday? ")

    responses[name] = response

    repeat = input("Would you like to let another person respond? (yes/no) ")
    if repeat == 'no':
       polling_active = False

print("\n--- Poll Results ---")
for name, response in responses.items():
    print(f"{name} would like to climb {response}.")

    response = input("\nWould you like to start a new poll? (yes/no) ")
    if response == 'yes':
        polling_active = True
        continue
    if response == 'no': 
       print("Thank you, have a good day!")
       continue

Answer 1

Put your while loop in a seperate function like this:

def poll():
  while polling_active:
      name = input("\nWhat is your name? ")
      response = input("Which mountain would you like to climb someday? ")

      responses[name] = response

      repeat = input("Would you like to let another person respond? (yes/no) ")
      if repeat == 'no':
         polling_active = False

Then, instead of calling continue at the end, simply run this function.

Answer 2

Python is an interpreter language. The code runs from top to bottom. once it exits your while loop. it cannot return. Just use the function as mentioned in above answer.