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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by mark zuckerberg
mark zuckerberg
385 Points

whats wrong

let me know my mistake

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for i in items:
        print(i)
        if items == "STOP":
            break

    # Code goes here

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points

It's the test item and statement order.

You can't compare an entire list to "STOP", but you could test each individual item. Also, if you want the program to end before it prints out "STOP", you need to have the test and break lines before the print.