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Piotr Manczak
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 29,253 Pointswhat if you ask for a shopping_list before you enter any items? Will it not break a program? It is a bug.
What if you ask for a shopping_list before you enter any items? Will it not break a program? It is a bug.
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fionaj
1,380 PointsIf you ask for a shopping list before entering any items it will just give you a blank list. You can have a string without anything in it and you can also have a list without anything in it.
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Piotr Manczak
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 29,253 PointsI think we should plan for this occassion by creating an if statement.