create teams

'''
multiple teams
function takes a list of team names and a list of players and divides them equally
'''
from random import choice      # selects a random sample  from a list
names=["teama", "teamb", "teamc", "teamd"]
players=["fred", "harry", "bert", "tom", "pete", "kevin", "debbie", "gene", "ian", "terry", "ralph"]

#Q.What structure will the final data? A.list of lists.
#Team list will have team name as first element, followed by player names
def create_teams(names, players):
    teams=[]
    num_teams=len(names)

    for i, name in enumerate(names):    #build list of lists
        teams.append([])                #the team list is part of the teams list
        teams[i].append(name.upper())   #first element of team list is team name in CAPS

    i=0                                                 #used to select teams
    while players:                                      #until players is empty
        index=i%num_teams                               #pick each team in turn
        player=choice(players)                          #pick a player
        players.remove(player)                          #remove from players list
        teams[index].append(player.capitalize())        #add to correct list
        i+=1                                            #move to next team in list

    return teams
#test
print(create_teams(names,players))