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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

LeVar Carter
LeVar Carter
10,771 Points
Posted by LeVar Carter
LeVar Carter
10,771 Points

Need help with loopy function...

cant figure out what i'm doing wrong

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here

    for loopy in items:
        if  items == "STOP":
            break

        else:
            print(items)

2 Answers

Connor Walker
Connor Walker
17,985 Points
Connor Walker
Connor Walker
17,985 Points

The problem is you are testing if the entire array = "STOP" instead of the index inside the for loop and then printing the whole array instead of the selected index, it should look like this

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here

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

You had just got the variable/array names mixed up

LeVar Carter
LeVar Carter
10,771 Points
LeVar Carter
LeVar Carter
10,771 Points

Thanks for the help! I appreciate it.