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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Ivana Čukman
Ivana Čukman
914 Points
Posted by Ivana Čukman
Ivana Čukman
914 Points

breaks.py

don't know what's wrong

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        print item
        if item == 'stop':
            break
Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points
Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points

Hello Ivana, looks like you're missing parenthesis around item on the third line. So print item would be print(item) .

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Add parentheses around your print function so it would look like this: print(item)

There's a couple more errors:

  • Python is picky, you have to say "STOP" instead of "stop". In programming (not just Python!) lowercase and uppercase letters are amlost the opposite
  • Make an else statement and put the printing part of your code inside the else clause.

You code should then look like this:

def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        if item == 'STOP':
            break
        else:
            print item

Good luck!

Hope this helps, Alex