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Python

Sebastian Giliberto
Sebastian Giliberto
1,809 Points
Posted by Sebastian Giliberto
Sebastian Giliberto
1,809 Points

What is wrong here?

shopping_list = list()

print("What would you like from the store? ")
print("Enter 'DONE' to stop adding things. ")

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 is your list: ")


for item in shopping_list:
    print(item)

When ever I run the script it doesn't say Added! List has _ items in it after adding a item, or it doesn't say what I have in the list after.

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 Points

A few things to correct:

shopping_list = list()

print("What would you like from the store? ")
print("Enter 'DONE' to stop adding things. ")

while True:
    new_item = input("> ")

    if new_item == 'DONE':
        break

    # This section outdented (was aligned to breack statement above)
    shopping_list.append(new_item) #<-- Changed to new_item from new.item
    print("Added! List has {} items.".format(len(shopping_list)))
    # continue # <-- continue not needed as last command in while block

print("Here is your list: ")

for item in shopping_list:
    print(item)