How to increment variable names/Is this a bad idea

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In Python, if I were to have a user input the number X, and then the program enters a for loop in which the user inputs X values, is there a way/is it a bad idea to have variable names automatically increment?

ie:
user inputs '6'
value_1 = ...
value_2 = ...
value_3 = ...
value_4 = ...
value_5 = ...
value_6 = ...

Can I make variable names increment like that so that I can have the number of variables that the user inputs? Or should I be using a completely different method such as appending all the new values onto a list?

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