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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by William Bailey
William Bailey
4,585 Points

breaks.py - This just isn't working? why...

It keeps feeding me this error that says "Didn't find the right items being printed"...? No clue

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

2 Answers

Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points
Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points

Your check to determine if the current item (i) is equal to "STOP" (i == "STOP":) needs to go before the print statement.

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    if i == "STOP":
        break
    for i in items:
        print([i])
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

I don't think i needs to be in a [], maybe it will pass anyway...but also what Ted said.

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