the user specifies them and the program does it. the user will specify the number of groups he wants and the program will accept the list and group them.

the user states how many groups he wants.

Ya, the user specifies them and the program does it. the user will specify the number of groups he wants and the program will accept the list and group them.

we have to design a program that will accept a list of names of people and the group them into a number of groups the user chooses.

I have this assignment but I'm not getting any ideas. I have to create a program which sort people into a specified number of groups. I need help.