employee = [] #entries = {} #skills[] for x in range(0, 2): entries = {} skill = [] entries['name'] = input("Enter name \n") entries['age'] = input("Enter age \n") n = int(input("Enter number of skills: \n")) skill.extend(input("Enter skills with a space \n").split()) entries['skills'] = skill employee.append(entries) print(employee) searchterm = input("Enter a skill to search: \n") #test =[] match = [] for a in employee: print("iterating inside list") #for y in entries: for z in entries.get('skills'): if searchterm in entries.get('skills'): match.append(entries.get('name')) #test.append(match) print(match)