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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Aananya Vyas
Aananya Vyas
20,157 Points
Posted by Aananya Vyas
Aananya Vyas
20,157 Points

i dont understand what is wrong

PART 1. "I need you to help me finish my loopy function. Inside of the function, I need a for loop that prints each thing in items. def loopy(items): "

my code: def loopy(items): print(items)

The code worked!

PART 2. "Oops, I forgot that I need to break out of the loop when the current item is the string "STOP". Help me add that code!"

my code: def loopy(items) if items == "STOP": break loopy("STOP")

Can you help me with the solution? Thank you!

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

1 Answer

Wade Williams
Wade Williams
24,476 Points
Wade Williams
Wade Williams
24,476 Points

You're on the right track, but you need to check if item == "STOP" inside your for loop like this:

def loopy(items):

    for item in items:
        if item == "STOP":
            break
        else:
            print(item)