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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Asad Malgi
Asad Malgi
641 Points
Posted by Asad Malgi
Asad Malgi
641 Points

Please help in this Python task?

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! Its a Python task. Please help me out through examples. Please! I posted it last time but still couldn't find a relevant answer

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    items = ['cat', 'STOP']
    for item in items:
        if item == 'STOP':
            break
            print(item)

1 Answer

Sean Hayes
PLUS
Sean Hayes
Courses Plus Student 8,106 Points
Sean Hayes
Sean Hayes
Courses Plus Student 8,106 Points

Right now you code is set up so that if the word is STOP to break out of the loop and not print anything. The print statement is inside the if block, so essentially, nothing is going to print. Decrease the indentation of the print statement and look what happens