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jamie Macdiarmid
2,048 PointsSecond time around. Still got it wrong!
Am I Close?
def loopy(items):
for word in items:
if word == "STOP"
break
else:
print(word)
1 Answer
akak
29,445 PointsYou are close but need to make a few changes. Remember that indentation and colons are important in Python.
def loopy(items):
# Code goes here
for word in items:
if word == "STOP":
break
else:
print(word)
jamie Macdiarmid
2,048 Pointsjamie Macdiarmid
2,048 PointsThanks akak.
jamie Macdiarmid
2,048 Pointsjamie Macdiarmid
2,048 PointsWhat is the best way to think of colons? Is it for every 'function'?
akak
29,445 Pointsakak
29,445 PointsBasically you put a colon before indenting to next line to indicate a code block start. And you do indent when you write a function so you can say it's for every function but also conditionals, loops and everywhere indentation is needed.