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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by behar
behar
10,799 Points

What am i doing wrong here?

I dont understand what im doing wrong here?

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

1 Answer

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

For one thing, there's an indentation issue. The "print" statement should be indented the same amount as the "if", so it will be performed if the the condition is not true.

But the whole point of the loop is to work with the individual "things", so you should be testing and printing the "things" instead of the entire list of "items".

behar
behar
10,799 Points

Gotcha, thank you so much!