Question

How do I go about writing a program that creates a list of integers that asks the user to enter a new number until zero is introduced.

for example
    Enter elements for a list, one at a time. Enter 0 to stop.
    element =  9 
    element = 3 
    element = 1
    element = -7
    element = 2
    element = 0
    Finished getting user input.
    The list is:  [9, 3, 1, -7, 2]

This is what I have.

listA = [9, 3, 1, -7, 2]
while True:
    input = int("some number: ")


    if input == 0
        break
    print("Finished getting user input")
    print("the list is: [9,3,1,-7,2]")
    else:
        listA.append(int(input))

Answer 1

mylist = []
while True:
    try:
        input = int(raw_input("add a number: "))
    except ValueError:
        print "please only input integers, input 0 to quit"
        continue
    if input == 0
        break
    else: 
        mylist.append(int(input))

after this loop runs you have a list mylist which contains all the integers the user input before he input 0.