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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Clainos Machemedze
Clainos Machemedze
1,330 Points

quitting the app when the word 'STOP' is entered

would want to break out of the loop when the word 'STOP' is typed in

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    if items == 'STOP':
        break
    for things in items:

            print(things)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

For the test to be effective, it needs to be inside the loop, and to check the individual "things" (instead of the entire list of "items").