shopping_list = []
how_many = input( "How many items of shopping are needed ? ")
how_many = int(how_many)
for items in range (how_many):
    items = input(" what is the item " + str(how_many) + " ?")
    shopping_list.append(items)
print (shopping_list)
print ("an other type of list: ")

for item in shopping_list:
    print (item)

print (" I have " + str(len(shopping_list)) + " items in my shopping list")