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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Gerard Nwazk
Gerard Nwazk
Courses Plus Student 2,833 Points

Please what am i doing wrong in this code?

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!

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for i in items:
        if items == "STOP":
            break
        else:
            print(i)

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! Oh wow you're really close on this one. You're comparing (or trying to) the entire list to "STOP" instead of the item in your list. You've chosen to name the individual items as i. So if I just minorly correct one line, your code passes:

if i == "STOP":

The list is named items, but it's going to go through that list and check each individual named i. If the individual item is "STOP", then break. Otherwise, we print the item or i. And the print part you got entirely correct!

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Gerard Nwazk
Gerard Nwazk
Courses Plus Student 2,833 Points

oh, oh, oh.... silly me, never thought of that. Thanks a lot @ Jennifer...