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danielplaisimnd
6,837 Pointspython programming/ this code doesnt run when i tried. please help
shopping_list =list()
print("what we pick up at the store?")
print("Enter DONE to stop adding item.")
while true:
new_item=input(">")
if new_item == 'DONE':
break
shopping_list.append(new_item)
print("Added! list has {} item.".format(len(shopping_list)))
continue
print("He's your list:")
for item in shopping_list:
print(item)
2 Answers
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherYou only have one line inside your while loop. Also, you used true, a variable that doesn't exist, instead of True, the Python boolean. If you had used True, your while loop only has one statement in it and that statement doesn't ever break the loop, so it'll run forever without doing anything but looping repeatedly.
Ricky Catron
13,023 PointsI think what you need to do is simply indent your work
shopping_list =list()
print("what we pick up at the store?")
print("Enter DONE to stop adding item.")
while True:
new_item=input(">")
if new_item == 'DONE':
break
shopping_list.append(new_item)
print("Added! list has {} item.".format(len(shopping_list)))
continue
print("He's your list:")
for item in shopping_list:
print(item)
What this does is A. The loop will not run forever anymore. If the user enters DONE it will break. B. It will now add the the input to the list when you enter it.
Hope I helpped!
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherThe print("Added!... line and the continue after it (even though it's effectively unneeded) should be indented too.
Ricky Catron
13,023 PointsWhoops thank you! I have edited it with your advice.