# inititialise ticket numbers MAX_TICKETS = 5 tickets_sold = 0 while tickets_sold < MAX_TICKETS: name = input("Name: ") # if name is exit code break loop if name == "xxx": break tickets_sold += 1 if tickets_sold == MAX_TICKETS: print(f"You have sold all the tickets (ie {MAX_TICKETS} tickets. x") else: print(f"You have sold {tickets_sold} / {MAX_TICKETS} tickets. ")