How to convert a month number into a month name in python

list, numbers, python-3.2

Solution

The calendar library can provide what you want, see the documentation at http://docs.python.org/2/library/calendar.html

calendar.month_name[month_number] #for the full name

or

calendar.month_abbr[month_number] #for the short name

Problem

How do you get a list to correspond with a user input. If I had a list like: ``` month_lst = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'] ``` How do I get an input of 1 to return 'January' as the answer? ``` input('Enter the number to be converted: ') ``` Also the input needs to check with the list to make sure it is within 1-12, so inputing 15 would read an error message.

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