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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Refactor

Jiayang Shi
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Jiayang Shi
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 4,862 Points

How to name a main fuction to make it look better?

def main(): ... ... ?

shopping_list.py
def show_help():
    # print out instructions on how to use the app
    print("What should we pick up at the store?")
    print("""
Enter 'DONE' to stop adding items.
Enter 'HELP' for this help.
Enter 'SHOW' to see your current list.
""")

def show_list(shopping_list):
    # print out the list
    print("Here's your list:")

    for item in shopping_list:
        print(item)

def add_to_list(shopping_list, new_item):
    # add new items to our list
    shopping_list.append(new_item)
    print("Added {}. List now has {} items.".format(new_item, len(shopping_list)))
    return shopping_list

show_help()

# make a list to hold onto our items
shopping_list = []

while True:
    # ask for new items
    new_item = input("> ")

    # be able to quit the app
    if new_item == 'DONE':
        break
    elif new_item == 'HELP':
        show_help()
        continue
    elif new_item == 'SHOW':
        show_list(shopping_list)
        continue
    add_to_list(shopping_list, new_item)

show_list(shopping_list)

2 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi Jiayang - You basically need to put all the code starting from this line:

show_help()

till the very last line:

show_list(shopping_list)

inside a function called main(). So it will look like this:

def main():
    # put all the code from line 22 till the last line here
Jiayang Shi
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Jiayang Shi
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Thank you very muvh. But please you help me put code in that main() function, which put all code inside of functions, under the programme. Thank you so much.