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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Refactor

David Gabriel
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David Gabriel
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 979 Points

help with little refactor

Can any help please with following challenge :

def main(): show_help()

make a list to hold onto our items

shopping_list = []

while True: new_item = input("> ") if new_item == 'DONE': break elif new_item == 'HELP': show_help() continue elif new_item == 'SHOW': show_list(shopping_list) continue add_to_list(shopping_list, new_item)

show_list(shopping_list)

shopping_list.py
def show_help():
    # print out instructions on how to use the app
    print("What should we pick up at the store?")
    print("""
Enter 'DONE' to stop adding items.
Enter 'HELP' for this help.
Enter 'SHOW' to see your current list.
""")

def show_list(shopping_list):
    # print out the list
    print("Here's your list:")

    for item in shopping_list:
        print(item)

def add_to_list(shopping_list, new_item):
    # add new items to our list
    shopping_list.append(new_item)
    print("Added {}. List now has {} items.".format(new_item, len(shopping_list)))
    return shopping_list
def main():
    show_help()

# make a list to hold onto our items
shopping_list = []

while True:
    new_item = input("> ")
    if new_item == 'DONE':
        break
    elif new_item == 'HELP':
        show_help()
        continue
    elif new_item == 'SHOW':
        show_list(shopping_list)
        continue
    add_to_list(shopping_list, new_item)

show_list(shopping_list)

1 Answer

You need to move all of the code below the show help method over by one tab. In python, indentation is essential to indicating what code is included in a code block/method. As you currently have it, only the show help method is contained within the main method but all of the code below show help is supposed to be in the main method as well.