How can I make a loop output to two different lists?

Question

I have run into a block in my python code where i'm not sure how to make a loop split an output into two different lists. Here is my code:

def GameStart(AmountPlayers):
    players = []

    for player in range(AmountPlayers):
        hand = TakeCards(5)

        players.append(hand)

        print(hand)
        returncard(hand)

This function outputs this if 2 is entered for AmountPLayers:

['blue_skip', 'blue_9', 'green_5', 'green_9', 'red_1']
['yellow_skip', 'green_6', 'yellow_8', 'red_9', 'blue_3']

However both of these are outputs of the variable hand. I need to acess these lists separately, so need to find a way of putting each list into separate variables, e.g hand1 or hand2, and so on until hand 4 (the maximum number of players).

Does anyone know a way of doing this?

Cheers

Answer 1

Assuming the objective is to obtain two lists with cards drawn for that player, this is the code:

from random import choice, randint

deck = list(range(1, 11))
def TakeCard():
    global deck
    a = choice(deck)
    deck.remove(a)
    return a
        
def GameStart(AmountPlayers):
    global deck
    numOfCards = 5
    players = [[]for _ in range(AmountPlayers)]
    for _ in range(numOfCards):
        for player in range(0, AmountPlayers):
            players[player].append(TakeCard())
    return players
        
print(GameStart(2))

This returns a list of two lists as:

[[4, 5, 7, 6, 3], [10, 2, 9, 1, 8]]

Replace the elements of deck with card names.

Optional alternate solution. If you plan on displaying images, use previous one since it allots cards one by one and maybe you can add animations. This one allots all cards to one player at once:

from random import choice

deck = list(range(1, 11))
def TakeCards(n):
    global deck
    z = []
    for _ in range(n):
        a = choice(deck)
        deck.remove(a)
        z.append(a)
    return z
        
def GameStart(AmountPlayers):
    global deck
    return [TakeCards(5) for _ in range(AmountPlayers)]
        
print(GameStart(2))

Answer 2

def GameStart(AmountPlayers):
    
    players = []

    for _ in range(AmountPlayers):
        
        hand = TakeCards(5)

        players.append(hand)

        print(hand)
        
    return players

You want a list of lists. Inner lists hold hands. When I look at the code at your question, you have already done it. players variable stores what you need. In my answer, I return this variable.