I had very weird results too. I was sure I did everything right. After reading this thread, I added a blank line between the 'def main()' declaration and the 'show_help()' command. I changed no indentation or anything, just added a line, and suddenly it all checked out.

Weird.

Hi Jamal,

I'm not certain what went wrong there; it really is as simple as def main(): and then making sure everything below line 22 is indented. Did you include the show_list(shopping_list) in your indent? Below is a functional answer for this Challenge.

def show_help():
    # print out instructions on how to use the app
    print("What should we pick up at the store?")
    print("""
Enter 'DONE' to stop adding items.
Enter 'HELP' for this help.
Enter 'SHOW' to see your current list.
""")

def show_list(shopping_list):
    # print out the list
    print("Here's your list:")

    for item in shopping_list:
        print(item)

def add_to_list(shopping_list, new_item):
    # add new items to our list
    shopping_list.append(new_item)
    print("Added {}. List now has {} items.".format(new_item, len(shopping_list)))
    return shopping_list
def main():
  show_help()

# make a list to hold onto our items
  shopping_list = []

  while True:
    # ask for new items
    new_item = input("> ")

    # be able to quit the app
    if new_item == 'DONE':
        break
    elif new_item == 'HELP':
        show_help()
        continue
    elif new_item == 'SHOW':
        show_list(shopping_list)
        continue
    add_to_list(shopping_list, new_item)

    show_list(shopping_list)

Upon playing with this Challenge a bit, it looks like what is throwing students off while completing this Challenge is that there is, by default, whitespace on the line following return shopping_list. If def main(): is put on line 22 without deleting that whitespace, the Challenge will not pass. Additionally, if you press enter while on line 22, it will create a newline with whitespace which will need to be deleted for the Challenge to pass as well. I've reported this as a bug, as whitespace in that location didn't cause a problem when I tested the Challenge code in Workspaces or locally on Python 3.5.1.

In the meanwhile, deleting that whitespace should allow you to pass the Challenge otherwise.

I can't get the quiz to accept any answer - just tried all of the suggestions listed above. There is no way that my answer is incorrect.

I'm having the same issue. This is a buggy quiz that should be taken out or redone imo. Anyone else have issues trying to tab multiple lines in the environment?

Redo this in pycharm and it works.

def show_help():
    # print out instructions on how to use the app
    print("What should we pick up at the store?")
    print("""
Enter 'DONE' to stop adding items.
Enter 'HELP' for this help.
Enter 'SHOW' to see your current list.
""")

def show_list(shopping_list):
    # print out the list
    print("Here's your list:")

    for item in shopping_list:
        print(item)

def add_to_list(shopping_list, new_item):
    # add new items to our list
    shopping_list.append(new_item)
    print("Added {}. List now has {} items.".format(new_item, len(shopping_list)))
    return shopping_list

def main():

    show_help()

    shopping_list = []

    while True:
        # ask for new items
        new_item = input("> ")

        # be able to quit the app
        if new_item == 'DONE':
            break
        elif new_item == 'HELP':
            show_help()
            continue
        elif new_item == 'SHOW':
            show_list(shopping_list)
            continue
        add_to_list(shopping_list, new_item)

    show_list(shopping_list)

In a nutshell I am displeased with this task because it runs fine with a single indentation after 'show_help()' before 'def main():' in Pycharm IDE. Which suggests there is a fault with the environment which we are being provided.

dont forget to indent your comments it...is...an...annoyance

if a specific browser works best for the environment, it should be specified.

but you really only need a single tab on the lines 'show_help', 'shopping_list', 'while', and 'show_list', because the tab in the Challenge only provides two spaces - and everything else is tabbed by four spaces. THIS HELPED

Would be nice if a mod could help out here....

This is still buggy - would so be so kind and fix this. Didn't work for me until I removed the comment:

make a list to hold onto our items

Else I would always get the "Can't see the help-menu"-Error.

david yap Your code sure passes the quiz but I tried it on @repl.it and it won't work. I also tried the other suggestions above and still won't work.

Even so, the quiz was passed.