I would like to know what I am doing wrong in this code

Question

def loopy(items):
    for thing in items:
        elif:
            item = "Stop"
            break
        else:
breaks.py
def loopy(items):
    for thing in items:
        elif:
            item = "Stop"
            break
        else:
            print(thing)

Umesh Ravji · Answer

Hi George, there's a few small issues with your code. 
1. You can't have an elif condition check without first starting with an if conditional check. In this case a single if/else statement is enough, no need to use an elif.
2. A single equals is an assignment operation. Make sure to use a double equals when performing a comparison.
3 The variable you are using to refer to each item in the for loop is thing, however inside the for loop you are referring to a variable item in the conditional check (which in this case should be thing). I'd recommend renaming the thing variable to item, as it makes more sense.
python
def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        if item == 'STOP':
            break
        else:
            print(item)

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I would like to know what I am doing wrong in this code

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Umesh Ravji

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