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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Thomas Jacob
Thomas Jacob
14,347 Points
Posted by Thomas Jacob
Thomas Jacob
14,347 Points

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!

Can someone help me out?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):

    # Code goes here
    shopping_list = []
    shopping_list.append(items): 
        for item in shopping_list:
            if item == 'STOP':
                break
            else:
                print(item)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

You don't need to create a new variable, you can make a loop using the argument as the iterable.

In task 2, you're just adding a test and break to your task 1 code. You didn't create a new list variable for task 1, right?

Thomas Jacob
Thomas Jacob
14,347 Points
Thomas Jacob
Thomas Jacob
14,347 Points

yes i did create a new list

Thomas Jacob
Thomas Jacob
14,347 Points
Thomas Jacob
Thomas Jacob
14,347 Points

Thanks i Figured it out, using the argument as iterable def loopy(items): # Code goes here for value in items: if value == 'STOP': break else: print(value)