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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Jacob Clinton
Jacob Clinton
4,531 Points

Oops, I forgot that I need to break out of the loop when the current item is the string "STOP". Help me add that code!

Not working? Why

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

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You're close, but I see a couple of issues:

  • make the "print" statement part of the loop by indenting it further
  • print the current item instead of the whole list each time

I'll bet you can solve it now without an explicit code spoiler.

Thomas McDonnell
Thomas McDonnell
8,212 Points
Thomas McDonnell
Thomas McDonnell
8,212 Points

Your code is almost there! Your print statement is just outside of your for loop, tabbing it in should solve the problem. 

def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        if item == 'STOP':
            break
        print(item)