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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Yodh Garfias
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Yodh Garfias
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 943 Points

How do I get this break to work?

thought I got it, but it's not working

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

1 Answer

jonlunsford
jonlunsford
15,480 Points
jonlunsford
jonlunsford
15,480 Points

Yodh:

The break statement is meant to break out of a loop. You are missing a loop in your code. The first part of the challenge says to loop over each item and print the item.

for item in items:
    print(item)

The second part asks you to check each item and break if that item == 'STOP'. That code would go inside of the existing loop.