not only that the UG did not include the explanation for the output "Please Input Ingredient Category:" , the program is stuck in a loop, unable to exit .

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Team's Response

Thank you for the feedback! After careful consideration, we believe this is not a bug but rather an intentional design choice. The loop was specifically implemented to ensure the user inputs a valid ingredient category from the provided list. This behavior is meant to prevent invalid entries that could lead to incorrect or inconsistent data in the system. The program was designed to wait until the correct input is given, in order to ensure clarity and accuracy in the inventory system. The valid categories can be displayed by typing in "categoryList". While the User Guide could include a clearer explanation for the output "Please Input Ingredient Category:", the current looping behavior itself is functioning as intended.

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• I disagree

Reason for disagreement: The first problem is that they missed out the explanation for the input ingredient category part in the UG(as shown in the image below)

which causes confusion because the user did not expect to see the prompt "Please Input Ingredient Category" despite following the UG carefully. Furthermore, even if the user wants to check the valid categories by using the command "categoryList", there is no way for users to exit that loop without entering a valid category in the first place. I had to press Ctrl C to terminate the application because there was no other way to exit the loop. This points to the second problem which is that the loop did not accept exit command to end operation and users had to forcefully terminate the application.

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