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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Laknath Gunathilake
Laknath Gunathilake
1,860 Points
Posted by Laknath Gunathilake
Laknath Gunathilake
1,860 Points

Cant seem to get the code to work

I cant seem to get this to function to work

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    print (items)
    for items in loopy print items
    if items=="STOP":
       break

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Laknath, in the following code items is the name of a set of things, and item is the variable that each time through the loop will be an item in items. You need to check for "STOP" before you print. And you print each item, not items.

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
        if item == "STOP":
            break
        else:
          print (item)