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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Kenneth Phillips
Kenneth Phillips
Courses Plus Student 10,188 Points

What do I need to add to the for loop?

When it prints it says that I don't print the right number of items.

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

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! You're doing great. Your syntax is spot on. It's not that you need to add anything, it's that it's a bit out of order. Right now your code will print out the "STOP" then check if it's "STOP". We want that reversed. We want to first check if it's STOP, if it is, we don't print. Otherwise, we print. Take a look:

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

This will break when it gets to STOP without printing. Otherwise, it will print the item. Hope this helps! :sparkles: