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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Martin Bornman
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Martin Bornman
Courses Plus Student 12,662 Points
Posted by Martin Bornman
Martin Bornman
Courses Plus Student 12,662 Points

loopy function Shopping list

What is wrong with my code.Try to get help from the forum,but the answers i get seems also wrong.Wgat is wrong?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
      print(item)
      if item == "STOP":
        break

2 Answers

Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points
Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points

you're on the right track! You just need to swap the order in which you do things. Here it checks the item before printing it. if it is "STOP" it will break the loop before printing anything!

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
  for item in items:
    if item == "STOP":
      break
    print(item)
Anish Walawalkar
Anish Walawalkar
8,534 Points
Anish Walawalkar
Anish Walawalkar
8,534 Points

My bad martin. I forgot to mention that you need to check the condition first before you print or else it will print STOP and then check if item == 'STOP'. just did the challenge

so in code:

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

Sorry about that.