two things:
1. you never change
2. another problem that will show up once you fix 1. is that your function
1. you never change
result within the loop2. another problem that will show up once you fix 1. is that your function
isValidStudentIDFormat returns strings, so result will be str and will never become equal to True, i.e. (bool)
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How to Ask Questions The Smart Way: link and another link
Create MCV example
Debug small programs