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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Guoren Ng
Guoren Ng
Courses Plus Student 482 Points

Task 2 of 2 after shopping_list.py

Error Message: Couldn't find the right items to be printed.

Anyone able to help?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
        print(item)
        if item == 'STOP':
            break
Marcel Moritz
Marcel Moritz
15,111 Points
Marcel Moritz
Marcel Moritz
15,111 Points

you want to check for 'STOP' before printing it. print(item) should be after the if statement

2 Answers

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points

Hi Guoren

put your if statement before you print each item. The way you have written the code, now imagine if the first item in the list was "STOP", the logic falls over.

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
        if item == "STOP":
            break
        print(item)
Guoren Ng
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Guoren Ng
Courses Plus Student 482 Points
Guoren Ng
Guoren Ng
Courses Plus Student 482 Points

ok. thank you very much!