Im stuck on this problem and when I run it it comes back completely wrong. (Pyhon 2.7)

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This is the question:
Write a shell (text-based) program, called fruit_list.py, that creates the list of fruit names ('Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana', 'Water Melon', 'Pear') and asks the user to pick a number from 1 to 5. The program then prints the corresponding item on the list. Note the difference between the item number and the list index. See the example below.

Example:
Pick a number between 1 and 5: 3
You got a Banana.
PS C:\Users\ssiva\Desktop>

What I have tried:

x = ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana', 'Water Melon', 'Pear']
y = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
for y in x:
print x[y]

while y > 5:
print "Pick a number between 1 and 5:"
int = raw_input()

Posted 23-Feb-18 10:10am

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Updated 23-Feb-18 11:00am

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Malcolm Chambers · Answer 1 · 2018-02-23T11:00:00

Solution 1

x = ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana', 'Water Melon', 'Pear']
print("Pick a number between 1 and 5:")
while key > "5" or key < "1":
key = raw_input
print x[int(key)]

Posted 23-Feb-18 11:00am

Malcolm Chambers

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phil.o 23-Feb-18 17:06pm

Please use <pre> tag to format your code.
This is especially important for python, since indentation has a meaning, logically speaking. For all other languages, indentation conveys no meaning by itself, but largely eases reading of the code.