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Python

Posted by Simran Bansari
Simran Bansari
4,517 Points

Shopping list program error assignment

//What is wrong with my code, I am not receiving an output of items when I input them??//

shopping_list = []

print("What do you want to pick up from the store") print("Enter 'DONE' to stop adding items to the list")

while True:

new_item = input("> ")

if new_item == 'DONE': break

shopping_list.append(new_item)
print("Added! List has {} items.".format(len(shopping_list)))

print("Here is your list:") for item in shopping_list: print(item)

2 Answers

Christopher Nowack
Christopher Nowack
2,468 Points

Hi Simran here's the code:

shopping_list = list()

print("What would you like to pick up at the store ? ") print("Enter 'DONE' to stop adding items to the list. ")

while True: new_item = input("> ")

if new_item == 'DONE': break

shopping_list.append(new_item) print("Added! List has {} items.".format(len(shopping_list))) continue

print("Here's your list: ")

for item in shopping_list: print(', '.join(shopping_list) + '.')

Simran Bansari
Simran Bansari
4,517 Points

//This is the error I am receiving now. How do I fix it??//

File "shopping_list.py", line 12
shopping_list.append(new_item) print("Added! List has {} items.".format(len(shopping_list)) continue
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Dustin James
Dustin James
11,364 Points
Dustin James
Dustin James
11,364 Points

Looking at your last post:

Simran Bansari 2d ago //This is the error I am receiving now. How do I fix it??//

File "shopping_list.py", line 12 shopping_list.append(new_item) print("Added! List has {} items.".format(len(shopping_list)) continue ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

the line:

print("Added! List has {} items.".format(len(shopping_list))

is missing one more parenthesis to close the print method.

print("blah {} blah.".format(len(variable)))

Also, try to notate that the carrot "^" symbol in the error received points to where the issue is taking place. In this case the carrot "^" should be pointing to a space after the two parenthesis at the end of len(shopping_list))