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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Eric Marangu
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Eric Marangu
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Eric Marangu
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 730 Points

for loop break statement now working

I have written the code attached but can't get what's wrong with it. Please help

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

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! First, you're doing great, but let's translate your code to English and see what it says:

For every individual item in the items list:
   print the entire items list
If the individual item is STOP:
   stop the loop

This means that every time you get to a new item, you don't print the item but rather the entire list. Above and beyond that, you will also be printing out "STOP". Let's imagine that your list contains ["bread", "butter", "cheese", "STOP"]. You should first check to see if it is stop and if it is, break from the loop. Otherwise, it will print out stop and then break.

I think you can get it with these hints, but let me know if you're still stuck! :sparkles: