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Python

Posted by Milos Milojevic
Milos Milojevic
2,208 Points

What is wrong with this loopy function?

I need you to help me finish my loopy function. Inside of the function, I need a for loop that prints each thing in items. But, if the current thing is the string "STOP", break the loop.

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
items = ['apples', 'bread', 'water', 'STOP']
    for x in items:
      if x == 'STOP':
        break
    print(x)

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,732 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,732 Points

You're pretty close. Just remove the items list from the function and add an else where you print the item:

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
      if item == "STOP":
        break
      else:
        print(item)
Milos Milojevic
Milos Milojevic
2,208 Points

Thank you, Kourosh! That helped!