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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Ashley Wong
Ashley Wong
1,454 Points

Loopy Function

Challenge Task 1 of 2

I need you to help me finish my loopy function. Inside of the function, I need a for loop that prints each thing in items.

Reminder: Check your syntax and indenting! –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– What I'm doing doesn't seem to be working. Help me please. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        if item == "STOP":
            break
        else:
            print(item)

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! You are currently working on Step 1 of the challenge. Step one says nothing of including a break statement or checking if the item is equal to "STOP". The only requirement of this step of the challenge is to loop through the items list and print out each item.

The break statement and the check for "STOP" will be required at Step 2. But if you do them at Step 1, it will cause the challenge to fail The reason for this is because Treehouse is sending in a list (presumably with the word "STOP" in it). The code in Step 1 should print out "STOP", but not the code in Step 2. Thus, the Bummer message is correct. You are not printing out the correct items.

Try the challenge again making sure the code matches the requirements for that particular step.

Good luck and happy coding! :sparkles:

Ashley Wong
Ashley Wong
1,454 Points

Thank you so much! I understand how to do it now and where I went wrong.