If user enters 0, exception is not caught, position is not none and element is inserted at element [-1]

Good point! You might want to report this as a bug to the Support folks. They might add something to the Teacher's notes, and you could get an "exterminator" badge.

Doesn't appending an item to a list at position -1 append that item to the end of the list?

EDIT: Wait, just tried it and it will insert (silly me) item in position -1, i.e. in position occupied by current last item. Yup, you caught a bug!

Second edit: Have tried a while loop but I'm not clever enough yet to work this one out. Sorry!

Try this: The the function def add_to_list, evaluate the position variable after deriving the abs value. Using the if control statement, when the position variable evaluates to zero, then assign it to None. This will cause the item to be appended to the list when zero is entered.

def add_to_list(item): show_list() if item in shopping_list: print("Item already added") else: if len(shopping_list): position = input("Where should I add {}?\n" "Press ENTER to add to the end of the list\n" "> ".format(item)) else: position = 0 try: position = abs(int(position)) if position == 0: position = None except ValueError: position = None if position is not None: shopping_list.insert(position-1,item) else: shopping_list.append(item) show_list()