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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Wilfredo Casas
Wilfredo Casas
Courses Plus Student 523 Points

My code works in the workspaces, but not in the challenge

I tried this in the workspaces (I added a list and the function call) and it worked fine. However here it says: "Didn't find the right things in items". What's happening?

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

2 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points

Hey Wilfredo,

you were on the right track and almost got it right! But you should print out the current item in the end. Right now you'll print out "STOP" as well and after you printed it out it will stop but you should immediately stop the loop when the current item is "STOP" without printing it out. So if you switch your if block and the print statement it should work.

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for thing in items:
      if thing == "STOP":
        break
      print(thing)
Ham Hamey
Ham Hamey
5,712 Points
Ham Hamey
Ham Hamey
5,712 Points

exactly you need to print the thing as Wilfredo said