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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Kody Low
Kody Low
13,501 Points
Posted by Kody Low
Kody Low
13,501 Points

How do I print out the things in the items list?

I'm having trouble using a for loop to do this, what should this look like?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item:
      print(items)
      if items == "STOP":
        break
Kody Low
Kody Low
13,501 Points
Kody Low
Kody Low
13,501 Points

I'm supposed to print the things in items and stop the loop when the thing in item is "STOP"

1 Answer

Elad Ohana
Elad Ohana
24,456 Points
Elad Ohana
Elad Ohana
24,456 Points

Your for loop is not formatted properly; since you are trying to iterate over the items list, you need to go over each single item. Your for loop should instead look something like this:

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

Note that I am using the word item instead of items in for my print and if statements, as you want to check against each individual list item rather than the whole list. Hope this helps.