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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by marcusurso
marcusurso
417 Points

breaks.py help with break

I tried also:

new_item = input("> ") if new_item == "STOP": break please help

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

1 Answer

Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
9,864 Points
Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
9,864 Points

Hi there, your if block is outside the for loop, so the break happens after the loop is complete. You just need to indent the if and break lines by 4 spaces to put them inside the loop :)

Hope it helps :)