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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Break

Posted by Namrata Lamba
Namrata Lamba
1,347 Points

Code took too long to run

I need to break out of the loop when the current item is the string "STOP". Help me add that code!

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Your "stop" test looks good.

But you have an extra outer loop that runs forever ("while True")! You don't need that one at all.

Namrata Lamba
Namrata Lamba
1,347 Points

Thank you! It worked though, some identing issues :|

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

FYI: I just pasted your code into the challenge and it passed just by removing that line.