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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Daniel Kong
Daniel Kong
5,813 Points
Posted by Daniel Kong
Daniel Kong
5,813 Points

Am I close?

Why it doesn't work...? Please help : (

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
        if item.index[0]!='a':
            print (item)
        else:
            continue

1 Answer

Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points
Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points

Hi Daniel, you're almost there. The index method is used to find the index of something, not return something at the specified index.

'apple'.index('e')  # returns 4

In order to get the first character at index 0, you can use use item[0], giving you:

def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        if item[0] != 'a':
            print (item)
        else:
            continue
Daniel Kong
Daniel Kong
5,813 Points
Daniel Kong
Daniel Kong
5,813 Points

Thank you so much!