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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Robert Pulley
Robert Pulley
Courses Plus Student 3,107 Points

Can't get my for loop to work.

Hi all, I'm stuck on the 2nd task in this challenge: Task 1: I need you to help me finish my loopy function. Inside of the function, I need a for loop that prints each thing in items. Reminder: Check your syntax and indenting!

Task 2 (which is where I'm stuck): Oops, I forgot that I need to break out of the loop when the current item is the string "STOP". Help me add that code!

I've tried it a few different ways and I can't get it to work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Rob

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

        else:
            print(items)

2 Answers

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points
Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

Ahh I see the problem:

def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        if item == 'STOP':
            break
        else:
            print(item) #  should be print(item) instead of print(items)
Robert Pulley
Robert Pulley
Courses Plus Student 3,107 Points

Thanks so much Henrik, it worked. Really appreciate you helping me out.

Thanks again

Rob

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

You're very welcome, Robert :-)

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

You're missing a :

def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        if item == "STOP":  # you're missing a : here
            break
        else:
            print(items)
Robert Pulley
Robert Pulley
Courses Plus Student 3,107 Points

Hi Henrik, thanks for your comment. I've added in the ':' and it's still not working. Sorry I couldn't figure out how to format the below correctly. Any other ideas?

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