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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Richard Brown
Richard Brown
2,044 Points
Posted by Richard Brown
Richard Brown
2,044 Points

didn't find the right items printed

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

above is my code. I tried to turn var: items into a str and that didn't work either. Any assistance would be awesome.

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for x in items:
        print (items)   
        if items == "STOP":
            break
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

You should probably be printing 'x' each time through your loop not 'items'.

1 Answer

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

Something like this:

def loopy(items):
    for x in items:   
        if x == "STOP":
            break
        else:
            print (x)
Richard Brown
Richard Brown
2,044 Points
Richard Brown
Richard Brown
2,044 Points

Thanks so much! I am looking this over to understand my shortcomings.

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

The x in this case represents a single item each time through the iterable 'items' so you want to print the current item (x) each time.