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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Brandon Law
Brandon Law
559 Points

Break function

I am working on the breaks.py challenge, and I've been working on it for the last two days but just can't seem to figure it out.

What can I do to fix this? I tried using external sources to help solve it but nothing has worked so far. Thank you!

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

5 Answers

james south
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james south
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your if block is under the for loop, not in it. it needs to be tabbed over once to be inside. then, i think it wants you to check if the item is stop before printing, so that if it is stop, it doesn't print stop.

Brandon Law
Brandon Law
559 Points

Thank you for your quick reply! james south . How would I go about the second part?

Nthulane Makgato
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Nthulane Makgato
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Nthulane Makgato
Nthulane Makgato
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Jame is right.

For the second part:

  1. You have to check that your conditions for "break" are just after the for loop and before you print each item.

  2. Ensure that that BOTH print and "if statement are in the for loop, not outside it. Right now, your if statement is outside the for loop

for item in items:
      if item ==...
           break
      print...

Ellipses dots are for structure, you can fill in the rest.

james south
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?? that is the second part. are you talking about the next challenge, using the continue keyword? for that one use slice notation with the square brackets [].

Brandon Law
Brandon Law
559 Points
Brandon Law
Brandon Law
559 Points

Thank you guys for the help! It was correct. james south Nthulane Makgato