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Luis Castillo
1,842 PointsMy code is not working and I can't figure out why when I call my function add_to_list is not showing the message
#Create a new empty list named shopping_list
shopping_list = []
#Create a function named add_to_list that declares a parameter named item
def add_to_list(item):
#Add the item to the list
shopping_list.append(item)
#Notify user that the item was added and state the number of items in the list currently
print("The item was added to the list,There currently are" len(shopping_list))
def show_help():
print("What should we pick up at the store?:")
print("""
Enter 'DONE' to stop adding items.
Enter 'HELP' for this help.
""")
show_help()
while True:
new_item = input("> ")
if new_item == 'DONE':
break
elif new_item == 'HELP':
show_help()
continue
#call add_to_list with new_item as an argument
add_to_list(new_list)
4 Answers
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Josh Keenan
19,662 PointsYou haven't concatenated the string, re read the line and I am sure you can get this!
print("The item was added to the list,There currently are" len(shopping_list))
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Kevin Verbeek
5,499 PointsTry using this line at the print in your function.
print("The item was added to the list,There currently are".format(len(shopping_list)))
Also, the indent of your continue after the elif needs to be 4 spaces to the right, or it won't work
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 Pointsfor the function add_to_list
, there is a missing comma before len
in
print("The item was added to the list,There currently are" len(shopping_list))
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Nicholas Suraci
7,543 Pointslooks like your continue isn't indented properly, I ran into a similar problem. I hope this helps!
Luis Castillo
1,842 PointsLuis Castillo
1,842 PointsMy code is not working and I can't figure out why when I call my function add_to_list is not showing the message