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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Sergey Mangov
Sergey Mangov
3,651 Points

What's wrong in this code?

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

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

2 Answers

The code in the for block has to be indented even more than the for line. The print command isn't indented enough, so Python thinks that it's the end of the loop.

def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        print(item)
        if item == "STOP":
            break
Tyler Linne
Tyler Linne
7,050 Points

Try indenting your if statement so that it falls under the function...

def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
    print(item)

    if item == "STOP":
        break